Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Tompion, Thomas
Case maker:
Nau, George
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Verge striking watch, in gold pair case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Tho Tompion London'. Balance cock with pierced and engraved table and foot, foot with irregular edge. Steel balance. Pierced and engraved slide plate with irregular edge, silver regulation dial engraved with Arabic figures 5 to 30. Blued steel striking stop wheels. Replacement plain locking plate. Top plate engraved as above. Pierced fusee iron post. Case spring on brass edge, nib through dial. Potance riveted to plate. Rectangular counter-potance riveted to plate. Striking barrel with pierced and engraved panel, steel hammer under alarm main wheel. Blued steel pierced gates. Pillar plates with five pillars, three tulip and two turned baluster. Third wheel bar. One blued steel latch to hold brass edge. Under dial stamped '22'. Fusee and chain, tangent set up under barrel, barrel with one lip. Verge escapement. Train planted clockwise. Striking train, weight on last pinion, depthing plug in pillar plate. Clockwise hammer under great wheel. Striking train, five pinions, planted anti-clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Gilt brass with narrow engraved edge around dial, border of acanthus leaves engraved on the movement side. Fixed by bayonet catches.
DIAL: Gold champleve, radial Arabic 5 minute figures, engraved cushions. Ladder minute ring with small inward pointing 5 minute arrows. Radial Roman chapters, diamond shaped half hour marks. Half-hour ring with outward pointing hour marks. Centre matt. Winding holes, hours at 3.15 and striking at 7.45.
HANDS: Gold spade and poker (early 19th century)
BELL: Straight sides
INNER CASE: Gold with pierced and engraved band, mask at 6 o'clock. Engraved scene at the pendant, back engraved with urn, birds and foliage. H.M. London 1694. Case maker's mark incuse 'GN'. Pendant gold with stirrup bow (both early 19th century). Split bezel engraved with tulips, soft soldered at split.
OUTER CASE: Gold, bezel with four pieced and engraved segments, repousse segments between with flower motive. Back central repousse scene of seated lady, in a garden, playing the lute with standing page? playing a wind instrument, with a gentleman seated behind the lady. Four panels of musical instruments around edge, and four pierced panels.
Legal notes
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Components of the work
Brass Edge
composed of
gilt brass
Dial
composed of
enamel
Dial, Hands, Case
composed of
gold
Movement
composed of
silver
steel
Mainspring
Diameter 13 mm
Height 4 mm
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 34.5 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 35.75 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 39.75 mm
Inner Case
Diameter 44.75 mm
Height 52.75 mm
Thickness 27.5 mm
Outer Case
Diameter 52 mm
Height 25 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 7.5 mm
Movement, Dial
Movement, Inner Case
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Tho Tompion London
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Location: Inner case
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Hallmark
- Text: GN
- Location: Inner case
- Method of creation: Incuse
- Type: Maker's mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M/P.49 & A-1913
Primary reference Number: 207181
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 2 December 2015
Updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
