Thomas Tompion

Kind

clockmaker

Country

United Kingdom

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

clocks

Traveling clock watch with alarm, Thomas Tompion, ca. 1680

ca. 1680

Traveling clock watch with alarm made by Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), dated ca. 1680, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Case and dial: silver; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, silver. Recorded dimensions: Overall (case): 5 3/4 × 4 × 2 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm); Diameter (…

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

pocket watches

Pair-case watch, Thomas Tompion, 1685–86

1685–86

Pair-case watch made by Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), dated 1685–86, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Outer case: red tortoiseshell with silver inlay; Inner case and champlevé dial: silver. Recorded dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm).

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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

clocks

Bracket clock, Tompion, Thomas, London, ca. 1690

ca. 1690

Bracket clock, Tompion, Thomas, London, ca. 1690 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1690. Object TypeThis bracket clock is signed by Thomas Tompion on the back plate and numbered '35' at the top left inside a scroll. Tompion numbered most of his clocks and a date sequence has been worked…

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

clocks

Table or bracket clock, Thomas Tompion, ca. 1696

ca. 1696

Table or bracket clock made by Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), dated ca. 1696, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Case: ebony veneered on oak with gilded- and silvered-brass fittings; Movement: brass and steel. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 7 in. (41.3 × 26.7 × 17.8 cm).

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