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WILLIAM KIPLING, LONDON; SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A George II walnut longcase clock
William Kipling, London; second quarter 18th century
The chequer-strung case with raised rectangular panel to the double-footed plinth, break-arch trunk door with Indian-mask gilt-metal escutcheon, the hood with detatched reeded columns supporting the cavetto arch with foliate pierced wood sound frets, the top surmounted by gilt-brass flambeau urn finials, the dial signed William Kipling London on a silvered circular plaque in the arch flanked by dolphin spandrels, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with pierced black painted hands (later minute hand), the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture, mask-and-foliate spandrels, the movement with five ringed pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell
8ft. 2½ins. 250 cm. high
William Kipling, London; second quarter 18th century
The chequer-strung case with raised rectangular panel to the double-footed plinth, break-arch trunk door with Indian-mask gilt-metal escutcheon, the hood with detatched reeded columns supporting the cavetto arch with foliate pierced wood sound frets, the top surmounted by gilt-brass flambeau urn finials, the dial signed William Kipling London on a silvered circular plaque in the arch flanked by dolphin spandrels, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with pierced black painted hands (later minute hand), the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and calendar aperture, mask-and-foliate spandrels, the movement with five ringed pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell
8ft. 2½ins. 250 cm. high