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A CHARLES II GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON, NO.8. CIRCA 1682
A CHARLES II GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK THOMAS TOMPION LONDON, NO.8. CIRCA 1682 The Phase I type case with foliate-tied faceted gilt-brass handle to cushion-moulded top, rectangular glazed side panels, the front door with foliate cast silk-backed fret to the upper rail, paired gilt-brass escutcheons, above stepped and moulded plinth base raised on small block feet, punched '8' on the door cill, the 6¼ in. square gilt-brass dial signed along the lower edge 'Tho Tompion Londini fecit', with winged cherub mask spandrels to silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with sword-hilt half hour markers, the matted centre with date square above VI (later? double pinhole adjustment to date ring) , strike/not strike lever above XII, well-sculpted blued steel hands, the fully-latched movement secured to the case with bolts through the baseboard, with five ringed pillars, twin gut fusees with verge escapement, hour striking on bell, evidence of former pull quarter repeat, the back plate with scored line border and tulip engraving, signed within a rectangular reserve 'Tho Tompion Londini Fecit' and numbered '8' along the lower edge, with calibrated pendulum bob; later pierced brass winding key, case key 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high, handle down; 9 1/3 in. (24 cm.) wide; 6 1/3 in. (16 cm.) deep