Stock No. | Exhibit No.31 |
Height | 32¼ inches (819 mm) |
Case | Case design, attributed to Daniel Marot (1661-1752), of break arch form with oak carcass veneered in turtleshell, the ogee caddy top surmounted by a gilt brass figure of Apollo on a short pedestal with satyr mask above gilt-brass moulding with pierced gilt foliate ‘stomacher’ drape beneath, flanked by four multi-piece gilt-brass gadrooned finials on short pedestals above a gilt metal foliate frieze with cherubs interrupted at the front by the gilt-brass break-arch, sides with pierced gilt foliate panels, the chamfered angles with gilt-brass caryatid volutes and acanthus angle volutes beneath, on gilt-brass moulded base with gadrooned feet. |
Dial | 7¾ by 11½ inch (197 by 292 mm) break arch dial signed Tho Tompion LONDINI Fecit, gilt matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, double screwed female Minerva mask & foliage spandrels, standard silvered chapter ring, with paired subsidiary dials for pendulum regulation on the left, strike selection on the right, engraved Son.6/Sil.6/Son.1/Sil.1, a sectoral aperture in the arch displaying the day of the week in Spanish with appropriate deity and the date of the month aperture above. |
Movement | The superb triple fusee full Grande Sonnerie movement with seven latched finned baluster pillars, pendulum spring-suspended from brass regulation bar, quarters able to strike on one or six bells, hours on a further bell. Trip quarter repeat via blued-steel interconnecting levers on the foliate engraved backplate (engraver: G.195) signed Tho Tompion LONDINI Fecit within a wheatear cartouche beneath a basket of flowers and over a pedestal, punch numbered 381 at the base of both plates. |
Duration | 8 days |
Provenance | Probably commissioned by Prince George of Denmark for presentation by his wife, Queen Anne of Great Britain, to Archduke Charles von Habsburg (1685-1740), the Grand Alliance’s pretender to the Spanish throne during the War of Spanish Succession (Marlborough’s war); |
Literature | Horological Masterworks, 2003, p.220-225; |
Escapement | Pivoted verge with spring-suspended lenticular pendulum |
The Spanish Tompion, No.381. Circa 1702-4
A highly important Queen Anne turtleshell and gilt-brass three-train full Grande Sonnerie striking verge bracket clock with days of the week and calendar, of royal provenance and historical significance by Thomas Tompion, London
On reserve – export pending
Additional information
Dimensions | 5827373 cm |
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