Thomas Tompion No.168. An ebony quarter repeating table clock, London, circa 1690

Thomas Tompion No.168. An ebony quarter repeating table clock

London, circa 1690

8-inch latched dial with unusual foliate spandrels to the lower corners and signed along the lower edge Tho: Tompion Londini Fec, finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, the upper corners with subsidiary regulation and strike/silent dials divided by foliate engraving, the fusee movement with seven latched, knopped and ringed pillars, verge escapement with rise and fall regulation, rack striking on a bell and with Tompion's pull quarter repeating on a further bell via inconnecting levers on the backplate (one lever now missing), the backplate finely engraved with foliate scrolls and swags held by metamorphic dophins, signed in a reserve Thomas Tompion Londini Fecit, numbered along the lower edge 168, the case with domed top and gilt carrying handle, moulded base and later block feet

38cm 15in high