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THOMAS TOMPION AND EDWARD BANGER, LONDON, CIRCA 1705, NO. 444

Lot 100
25.05.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 100 | THOMAS TOMPION AND EDWARD BANGER, LONDON, CIRCA 1705, NO. 444
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£ 150 000 – 250 000
THOMAS TOMPION AND EDWARD BANGER, LONDON, CIRCA 1705, NO. 444A QUEEN ANNE STRIKING TABLE CLOCKCASE: the 'phase 3' ebony veneered case with inverted bell-top, acanthus-wrapped oval handle and acanthus-clasped vase finials, the glazed sides with pierced sound frets, the front with cherub and lambrequin mask and foliate frets and cartouche-shaped escutcheons, satyr mask mount to lower edge, the plinth raised on gadrooned pad feet, the front sill stamped '444' to front left, ivorine label to interior 'Percy Webster / London'DIAL: the 7 x 8 inch latched dial plate with silvered chapter ring, blued steel hands, Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, sword-hilt half-hour markers and cross half-quarter hour markers, the matted centre with false pendulum and date apertures, with regulation and 'N / S' (strike / no strike) dials flanking the signature above 'TOMPION + BANGER / LONDON', double-screwed pierced Minerva mask and foliate spandrelsMOVEMENT: the eight-day two-train gut fusee movement with plates joined by seven latched knopped pillars, with verge escapement, striking at half-hour and hour on two separate bells, restored pull quarter repeat with blued steel levers mounted to the backplate, brass bob pendulum and hold-fast, the backplate profusely engraved with foliage and strapwork, further signed 'Tompion & Banger / LONDON', numbered '444' to lower edge of backplate, barrels and ratchet wheelsEbony veneered and gilt-brass17 1⁄4 in. (43.8 cm.) high, (handle down); 11 1⁄4 in. (28.5 cm.) wide; 7 1⁄2 in. (19 cm.) deep Provenance Anon., Holland.George Dunn, Woolley Hall, Maidenhead.The Collection of George Dunn; Christie's, London, 18 June 1912, lot 23, to Percy Webster, £43.1s.with Percy Webster, 37 Great Portland Street, London.Henry Edmund Goodison, Hillside, Fitzroy Park, Highgate, London, and by descent to his sonEdmund Harold Goodison (John), Longacre, Newlands Avenue, Radlett, Herts, later given to his brotherHenry Arthur Frank Goodison (Billy), West Hill, Highgate, later Derry's Wood Farm, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey.The Property of a Gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1953, lot 81 (unsold).By descent to his daughter Judy Tallents.Property of a Lady; Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1978, lot 302 (purchased through R.A. Lee). Literature H. Cescinsky, M. Webster, English Domestic Clocks, London, 1913, p. 284, fig. 308. R.W. Symonds, Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work, London, 1951, p. 154, fig. 131.J. Evans, Thomas Tompion at the Dial and Three Crowns, Ticehurst, 2006, pp. 78-80. J. Evans, J. Carter, B. Wright, Thomas Tompion, 300 Years, Stroud, 2013, pp. 154-5.
Medium:Brass, Ebonywood, Gilding
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings, Tables
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