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A fine late 17th century gilt brass mounted ebony table timepiece with slide quarter repeat and Exhibition Provenance. Thomas Tompion, Londini fecit, number 37
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£120,000 - £150,000
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A fine late 17th century gilt brass mounted ebony table timepiece with slide quarter repeat and Exhibition Provenance.
Thomas Tompion, Londini fecit, number 37
The caddy surmounted by a tied bud handle over applied cast gilt brass foliate mounts, complex entablature moulding and cast foliate sound frets to the glazed sides and door, raised on a shallow plinth base and pad feet, stamped '37' on both the upper rail and sill of the front door.
The 6.5 inch brass dial with cherub spandrels, line engraved border, matted centre and finely fettled blued steel hands, signed along the lower edge 'Tho Tompion Londini Fecit', the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers and five minute indication to the outer register.
The single train fusee movement with verge escapement on a knife edge, slide quarter repeat on two bells, the larger let into the backplate, the plates united by six substantial latched pillars, the backplate engraved with a symmetrical tulip pattern centred on the rectangular signature reserve. The under dial work with hour and quarter rack worked via two snails and facetted steelwork.
The caddy surmounted by a tied bud handle over applied cast gilt brass foliate mounts, complex entablature moulding and cast foliate sound frets to the glazed sides and door, raised on a shallow plinth base and pad feet, stamped '37' on both the upper rail and sill of the front door.
The 6.5 inch brass dial with cherub spandrels, line engraved border, matted centre and finely fettled blued steel hands, signed along the lower edge 'Tho Tompion Londini Fecit', the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers and five minute indication to the outer register.
The single train fusee movement with verge escapement on a knife edge, slide quarter repeat on two bells, the larger let into the backplate, the plates united by six substantial latched pillars, the backplate engraved with a symmetrical tulip pattern centred on the rectangular signature reserve. The under dial work with hour and quarter rack worked via two snails and facetted steelwork.
Footnotes
Literature:
Evans, Carter, Wright, Thomas Tompion 300 Years, pages 596 and 598
H.M. Vehmeyer, Clocks, Their Origin and Development 1320-1880, Snoeck 2004. Item E47.
Provenance:
Formerly in the Matthey collection.
Exhibited:
Twee eeuwen uurwerken 1657-1857, Nederlands Goud-, Zilver- en Klokkenmuseum, Utrecht, 1968, cat No.12.