Joseph Knibb Londini Fecit: A Charles II walnut and cariniana-cased quarter striking two-train longcase clock, the convex-moulded case with original oyster-venered plinth on later bun feet, rectangular trunk door with eagle-head escutcheon, glazed viewing aperture to the flat top of the rising hood with vestigial spoon and later clip, twist columns to the angles and pierced wood sound fret, the 10in.sq. dial signed Joseph Knibb Londini Fecit at the base interrupting the wheatear-engraved border, silvered skeletonised chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes, finely pierced blued hands, calendar ring above VI, finely chased winged cherub spandrels, latches to the dial feet and to the six ringed pillars of the movement with large outside countwheel strike on two bells (the larger of pork pie form), anchor escapement with steel-suspended pendulum with butterfly rating nuts to the backcock and pendulum rod, circa 1680, with some restorations; two brass-cased weights

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Joseph Knibb Londini Fecit: A Charles II walnut and cariniana-cased quarter striking two-train longcase clock, the convex-moulded case with original oyster-venered plinth on later bun feet, rectangular trunk door with eagle-head escutcheon, glazed viewing aperture to the flat top of the rising hood with vestigial spoon and later clip, twist columns to the angles and pierced wood sound fret, the 10in.sq. dial signed Joseph Knibb Londini Fecit at the base interrupting the wheatear-engraved border, silvered skeletonised chapter ring with outer Arabic minutes, finely pierced blued hands, calendar ring above VI, finely chased winged cherub spandrels, latches to the dial feet and to the six ringed pillars of the movement with large outside countwheel strike on two bells (the larger of pork pie form), anchor escapement with steel-suspended pendulum with butterfly rating nuts to the backcock and pendulum rod, circa 1680, with some restorations; two brass-cased weights
6ft. 2 1/2in. (189cm.) high (3)

Lot Essay

Cariniana wood (as opposed to oak) was only occasionaly used by Joseph Knibb, 1650-1711, for the carcass of his longcase clocks. More often they were used in conjunction with movements of long duration or with unusual strike. Another feature that Knibb reserved for his special clocks was the skeletonised chapter ring which again tended to be applied to dials with complicatd movements

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