Tompion William and Mary clock – £1.6m at Bonhams.
A clock made for King William and Queen Mary by Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) was hammered down for £1.6m atThe Clive Collection of Exceptional Clockssale on June 19 at Bonhams.
The clock, which is numbered 222 in the Tompion inventory, is known as ‘The Q Clock’, and was delivered to the Royal Apartments at Kensington Palace along with its diminutive pair, a campaign clock made for William III. The silver-mounted, quarter-repeating miniature table clock was made for Queen Mary in 1693 and may have passed out of royal hands on Mary’s death in 1694, or on the death of William in 1702.