THOMAS TOMPION, LONDINI FECIT, NO. 392, CIRCA 1695

細節

A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND MAHOGANY HOODED WALL CLOCK WITH STRIKE AND ALARM
Thomas Tompion, Londini fecit, No. 392, circa 1695
The case with rising hood, the front and glazed sides now veneered in mahogany, the original walnut veneered domed top with foliate pierced wood sound fret, similarly veneered and foliate carved supporting bracket, the 7 in. sq. dial signed Thos: Tompion Londini fecit within the foliate engraved centre with central rosette-engraved and calibrated alarm disc, Roman chapter ring with finely sculpted blued steel hand, winged cherub spandrels, the movement of lantern form with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, countwheel hour strike and alarm on bell, the top plate punch numbered 392
15½ in. (40 cm.) high

來源

Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1953, lot 95, £180
G. H. Bell, Antiquarian Horology, vol. one, number seven, June 1955, p. 1

拍品專文

This type of hooded wall clock was made in small numbers by Joseph Knibb and Henry Jones, however only one other example by Tompion is known to exist. Numbered 419, that particular clock was sold in these rooms on 2 June 1980, the property of a Lady. It had been exhibited at the British Clockmakers' Heritage exhibition at the Science Museum, 1952, no. 112 and also at the International Art Treasures exhibition at the Assembly Rooms, Bath in 1973, no.129. Its number was also stamped on the movement top plate.
The present clock, although mostly re-veneered, still tantalisingly retains some of its original walnut veneer on the backboard behind the carved apron and on the domed top of the hood