17 THOMAS TOMPION &EDWAR D BANGER Thomas Tompion (1639– 1713), mezzotint by John Smith(1652-1742) after Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTORTHOMAS TOMPION & EDWARD BANGER,NO.454. A QUEEN ANNE EBONY QUARTERREPEATING TABLE CLOCK OF SMALLSIZE, LONDON, CIRCA 17075¼-inch latched dial with double-screwed mask and scrollspandrels, finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture,signed Tho: Tompion & Edw: Banger within a foilate strap-workcartouche flanked by subsidiary regulation and strike/silentdials, the fusee movement with seven latched, knopped andringed pillars, pivoted verge escapement with rise and fallregulation, striking the hours on a bell, pull quarter repeating o na smaller bell and the hour bell activated from either side usingTompion’s system of inter-connected pivoted blued steel levers,the backplate finely engraved with foliate scrolls and signed asthe dial within a cartouche below engraved martial trophies,punch numbered twice to the lower edge, the case withshallow domed cresting and gilt-brass carrying handle, boldlycast gilt-brass foliate door fret, gilt-brass door escutcheon andfurther mounts, numbered to the cill, the moulded basewith block feet13in 33cm highPROVENANCESotheby’s, London, 1st February 1963Sotheby’s, London, 21st May 1973, Lot 52Christies, London, 5th December 1991, Lot 32Anthony Woodburn, Lewes‡ £ 150,000-250,000 454 454 Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s premium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right62 (which will depend on the individual circumstances).Refer to the Buying a t Auction and VAT sections at the back of this catalogue for further information.