Ivory tool handle, signed Tho. Tompion Fecit
- maker:
- Thomas Tompion
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Late 17th century ivory handle for a tool, signed 'Tho. Tompion Fecit'.
The authenticity of this tool has been variously believed and disbelieved over many years. The present view is that it probably is Tompion’s work and may have been intended to hold a watchmakers’ brooch. Clockmakers' Museum No. 1150
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-4055
- Materials:
- ivory
- Measurements:
-
overall: 13 mm x 12 mm x 116 mm,
- type:
- brooch handle
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
