VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Charles II ebony bracket clock of Phase I type
JOSEPH KNIBB LONDINI FECIT, CIRCA 1680
Details
A Charles II ebony bracket clock of Phase I type
Joseph Knibb Londini fecit, circa 1680
The case with typical brass handle to the shallow moulded top with four ball finials to the angles, glazed sides and rear door, later escutcheons to the front door, the moulded base on brass bun feet, the 8 in. sq. dial with skeletonised chapter ring and finely pierced blued steel hands, winged cherub spandrels, latches to the dial feet and to the six ringed pillars of the twin fusee movement (wire lines), tic-tac escapement and strike on bell above, the back-plate typically engraved with flowerheads and signed in a downward curve Joseph Knibb Londini fecit; with restorations
13½ in. (34.5 cm.) high
Joseph Knibb Londini fecit, circa 1680
The case with typical brass handle to the shallow moulded top with four ball finials to the angles, glazed sides and rear door, later escutcheons to the front door, the moulded base on brass bun feet, the 8 in. sq. dial with skeletonised chapter ring and finely pierced blued steel hands, winged cherub spandrels, latches to the dial feet and to the six ringed pillars of the twin fusee movement (wire lines), tic-tac escapement and strike on bell above, the back-plate typically engraved with flowerheads and signed in a downward curve Joseph Knibb Londini fecit; with restorations
13½ in. (34.5 cm.) high