Made by the illustrious Thomas Tompion, this clock above is the star lot in a sale of clocks, barometers and scientific instruments at Dreweatts in Donnington Priory, Newbury, on February 20.
The rare gilt brass-mounted ebony alarm clock, with a month duration silent-pull quarter-repeat, was made in partnership with Edward Banger.
It belongs to a small group of around half-a-dozen Tompion spring clocks where the movements were held in stock and completed at a later date. Both the dial and movement are signed by Tompion and Banger together, which would suggest a date of finishing shortly after 1701.
Tompion and Banger started working together in 1701, but a serious problem between the pair caused the partnership to come to an abrupt end in 1707-08 for unknown reasons.
Estimate £30,000-50,000.
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