Pick of the Week: A case for the best of the Golden Age
By 1677, the great English clockmaker Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) was subletting part of his famous London premises – The Dial and Three Crowns at Water Lane – to one Jasper Braem or Bream (fl.1677-96).
This enigmatic Dutch cabinetmaker was probably the case maker for at least some of Tompion’s more …