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Lot Essay
Joseph Knibb (1640-1711), was the most inventive and prolific member of the celebrated Knibb family. He became free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1671. His first London premises were at the Dial in Fleet Street and in 1693 he moved to the Clock Dial near Charing Cross. He became a Steward in the Company in 1684 and an Assistant in 1689.
The use of cariniana as a carcase wood in early English clock cases was first noted by the late Ronald Lee. A very small number of examples are now known, ranging in date from circa 1659 to circa 1682. Most are associated with movements produced by members of the Knibb family, although clocks by other makers, such as Simon Bartram and Hilkiah Bedford, have also been found with cariniana cases. This rather select usage of cariniana may point to a common casemaker whose identity is as yet unknown, and to a limited supply of the timber. It is believed to have been recycled from export packing cases and often shows signs of this re-use.
For a discussion on the count wheel mechanism of the present clock, see Kirkpatrick (op.cit.)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R. A. Lee, The Knibb Family Clockmakers, Surrey, 1964, pp. 54-55.
A. Bowett, Woods in British Furniture-making 1400-1900, Kew, 2012, pp. 54-55.
R. Garnier and J. Carter, The Golden Age of English Horology - Masterpieces from the Tom Scott Collection, Winchester, 2015, p. 360.
The use of cariniana as a carcase wood in early English clock cases was first noted by the late Ronald Lee. A very small number of examples are now known, ranging in date from circa 1659 to circa 1682. Most are associated with movements produced by members of the Knibb family, although clocks by other makers, such as Simon Bartram and Hilkiah Bedford, have also been found with cariniana cases. This rather select usage of cariniana may point to a common casemaker whose identity is as yet unknown, and to a limited supply of the timber. It is believed to have been recycled from export packing cases and often shows signs of this re-use.
For a discussion on the count wheel mechanism of the present clock, see Kirkpatrick (op.cit.)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R. A. Lee, The Knibb Family Clockmakers, Surrey, 1964, pp. 54-55.
A. Bowett, Woods in British Furniture-making 1400-1900, Kew, 2012, pp. 54-55.
R. Garnier and J. Carter, The Golden Age of English Horology - Masterpieces from the Tom Scott Collection, Winchester, 2015, p. 360.