Thomas Tompion No. 42 A Charles II ebonised quarter-repeating bracket timepiece. Circa 1687 The gilt-brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with sword-hilt half-hour markers, pierced blued steel hands, matted centre, finely chased winged cherub spandrels, signed below the chapter ring Tho:Tompion Londini Fecit , latches to the dial feet and to the five ringed pillars of the single gut fusee movement, verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on two bells via Tompion's single-cocked steel bar system with hinged levers and pull cords from either side, the large backplate with best quality tulip engraving within scrolling foliage, the signature repeated within a rectangular reserve Tho: Tompion Londini Fecit , the backplate punched numbered 42 once at the base in the center and again in the top left corner, the case with typical laurel-tied facetted gilt handle to the cushion-moulded top applied with foliate gilt-metal mounts, foliate gilt-metal sound frets and escutcheons to the front door, glazed sides and rear door 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Thomas Tompion No. 42 A Charles II ebonised quarter-repeating bracket timepiece. Circa 1687 The gilt-brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with sword-hilt half-hour markers, pierced blued steel hands, matted centre, finely chased winged cherub spandrels, signed below the chapter ring Tho:Tompion Londini Fecit , latches to the dial feet and to the five ringed pillars of the single gut fusee movement, verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on two bells via Tompion's single-cocked steel bar system with hinged levers and pull cords from either side, the large backplate with best quality tulip engraving within scrolling foliage, the signature repeated within a rectangular reserve Tho: Tompion Londini Fecit , the backplate punched numbered 42 once at the base in the center and again in the top left corner, the case with typical laurel-tied facetted gilt handle to the cushion-moulded top applied with foliate gilt-metal mounts, foliate gilt-metal sound frets and escutcheons to the front door, glazed sides and rear door 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
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