London, England · Dates not reliably established in sources consulted (active c. 1695 – c. 1720s)
Edward Banger
Needs researchPrecision watch and clock production in partnership with Thomas Tompion
Life & work
Edward Banger was an apprentice, and later a formal business partner, of Thomas Tompion in London, with movements from the partnership period signed jointly 'Tompion & Banger.' Banger married into the Tompion family circle, strengthening the personal as well as professional connection between the two, and the partnership period represents a documented phase of Tompion's celebrated workshop rather than an independent Banger enterprise.
The Tompion–Banger partnership ended, by most accounts, in some degree of professional falling-out, after which Tompion continued the business with George Graham; the precise circumstances and date of the split are not consistently detailed across the general sources consulted, and Banger's subsequent independent career is comparatively undocumented in the literature available for this entry.
Banger is included here principally as a documented figure within the Tompion workshop's institutional history, illustrating the collaborative and family-linked structure common to major London workshops of the period, rather than as an independently prolific named maker in his own right.
Training, contributions & innovations
- Partnered with Thomas Tompion, producing jointly signed 'Tompion & Banger' watches and clocks
- Represents the collaborative, family-linked partnership structure typical of major London workshops of the period
Inventions & patents
- No individual invention or patent is confirmed for Banger in the sources consulted; his documented significance is as Tompion's named business partner during a specific workshop period.
Signatures & markings on surviving work
- Movements from the partnership period signed 'Tompion & Banger, London'
Collecting significance
'Tompion & Banger' signed pieces are a specifically documented and collectible sub-category of Tompion workshop output; as with other Tompion pieces, attribution should be checked against published Tompion workshop number references.
Firms, key models & movements
No firm, model or movement in this encyclopedia is yet recorded under this maker's name.
Photographs
Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.
Sources & references
- Symonds, R. W., Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work
Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.