One of only five Thomas Tompion Phase I clocks consigned to Bonhams
A fine late 17th century ebony veneered quarter repeating table timepiece by the father of English clockmaking, Thomas Tompion, leads Bonhams’ Fine Clocks sale in London on June 22.
Made c.1680-85, before the advent of Tompion’s numbering system, it is one of only five Phase I cl…