The John C Taylor Collection at Ronald Phillips London - The Spanish Tompion

The John C Taylor Collection at Ronald Phillips London - The Spanish Tompion
Carter Marsh & Co (www.cartermarsh.com/) present the most important private collection of English clocks ever to come on the market in the UK.
The supremacy of English clocks originated in late Elizabethan London, flowering in the mid-17th century with the first pendulum timepieces, leading on to the ‘Golden Age’ of London clockmaking, and then to the 18th century quest for precision timekeeping at sea; all of which is comprehensively represented in this spectacular collection of iconic English clocks, watches and scientific instruments, assembled over 30 years by the inventor and philanthropist, Dr John C Taylor OBE (www.johnctaylor.com). John is best known for his inventions in kettle controls and has over 400 patents to his name.
The John C Taylor Collection will be sold over several catalogued selling exhibitions from the Carter Marsh Winchester premises - with Part 1 in July 2021, but starting in June with a highlights exhibition, hosted at the Mayfair galleries of the world-renowned fine English furniture specialists, Ronald Phillips Ltd (www.ronaldphillipsantiques.co.uk).
• Wednesday 23rd to Wednesday 30th June 2021: Highlights from the John C Taylor Collection, at Ronald Phillips Ltd, 26 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QL.
• Saturday 3rd to Saturday 24th July 2021: The John C Taylor Collection - Part I, at Carter Marsh & Co, 32a The Square, Winchester SO23 9EX.
Driven by Dr Taylor’s appreciation of practical and inventive expertise, he has assembled an unrivalled collection of iconic clocks, often of museum quality and importance. Featuring the finest examples from the ‘Who’s Who’ of the historical clock and watchmaking world, the collection includes the particularly well-known names of Ahasuerus Fromanteel, Edward East, Thomas Tompion, Joseph Knibb, Daniel Quare, George Graham and many more besides, with prices ranging from £3,000 to £3.5 million.
Dr Taylor’s contributions to innovation, engineering and philanthropy have been celebrated by the Isle of Man Post Office in a set of six stamps. More information can be found about them here: www.iompost.com/stamps-coins/....
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[Exhibit 31] The Spanish TompionNo.381 | Circa 1702-4
A highly important Queen Anne turtleshell and gilt-brass three-train full Grande Sonnerie striking verge bracket clock with days of the week and calendar, of royal provenance and historical significance by Thomas Tompion, London.
Height: 321⁄4 inches (819 mm).
Case: Case design, attributed to Daniel Marot (1661-1752), of breakarch form with oak carcass veneered in turtleshell, the ogee caddy top surmounted by a gilt-brass figure of Apollo on a short pedestal with satyr mask above gilt-brass moulding with pierced gilt foliate ‘stomacher’ drape beneath, flanked by four multi-piece gilt-brass gadrooned finials on short pedestals above a gilt-metal foliate frieze with cherubs interrupted at the front by the gilt-brass break-arch, sides with pierced gilt foliate panels, the chamfered angles with gilt-brass caryatid volutes and acanthus angle volutes beneath, on gilt-brass moulded base with gadrooned feet.
Dial: 73⁄4 by 111⁄2 inch (197 by 292 mm) breakarch dial signed Tho Tompion LONDINI Fecit, gilt matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, double-screwed female Minerva mask & foliage spandrels, standard silvered chapter ring, with paired subsidiary dials for pendulum regulation on the left, strike selection on the right, engraved Son.6/Sil.6/Son.1/Sil.1, a sectoral aperture in the arch displaying the day of the week in Spanish with appropriate deity and the date of the month aperture above.
Duration: 8 days.
Movement: The superb triple fusee full Grande Sonnerie movement with seven latched finned baluster pillars, pendulum spring-suspended from brass regulation bar, quarters able to strike on one or six bells, hours on a further bell. Trip quarter repeat via blued-steel interconnecting levers on the foliate engraved backplate (engraver: G.195) signed Tho Tompion LONDINI Fecit within a wheatear cartouche beneath a basket of flowers and over a pedestal, punch-numbered 381 at the base of both plates.
Escapement: Pivoted verge with spring-suspended lenticular pendulum.
Strike Type: Three-train full Grande Sonnerie with trip repeat.