Vulliamy family

The Vulliamy family was a family of clockmakers, Swiss in origin, active in 18th and 19th century Britain.

Macartney mission to China

A "Vulliamy clock" was presented to the Chinese emperor by the diplomatic mission of George Macartney to Beijing in 1793.[2]

References

  1. London trade directories 1784-1798; Sun Fire Office 1793.
  2. William Proudfoot, Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie: Embracing Some Account of His Travels in China and Residence in India (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1868), 45.

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