拍品专文
Joseph Knibb (b. 1640 - d. 1711), worked in Oxford and from about 1670 in London and retired to Hanslope.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ABBOTT-GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION (LOTS 225-277)
AN ENGLISH MINIATURE BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCK
JOSEPH KNIBB, CIRCA 1680
细节
AN ENGLISH MINIATURE BRASS STRIKING LANTERN CLOCK
JOSEPH KNIBB, CIRCA 1680
The case with one piece pillars with integral finials and feet, foliate engraved pierced cresting to front, iron loops to rear, dial plate further engraved, brass chapter ring with Roman hours and fleur-de-lis half hour markers, single pierced steel hand, signed to the centre 'Joseph Knibb / Londini', the two train movement with verge escapement and countwheel strike to bell, chain drive, bob pendulum to rear, brass weight and lead counter-weight
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide, 3 in. (7.5 cm.) deep
JOSEPH KNIBB, CIRCA 1680
The case with one piece pillars with integral finials and feet, foliate engraved pierced cresting to front, iron loops to rear, dial plate further engraved, brass chapter ring with Roman hours and fleur-de-lis half hour markers, single pierced steel hand, signed to the centre 'Joseph Knibb / Londini', the two train movement with verge escapement and countwheel strike to bell, chain drive, bob pendulum to rear, brass weight and lead counter-weight
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide, 3 in. (7.5 cm.) deep
出版
R. A. Lee, The Knibb Family: Clockmakers, Byfleet, 1964, p. 162, pl. 175.
C. Vincent, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, New York, 1972, p. 20.
C. Vincent, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, New York, 1972, p. 20.
展览
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, 4 January – 28 March 1972, inv. no. 34, inventory label 'L. 1971.93.3'.