Lot 102W
A last quarter of the 17th century month-duration walnut longcase clock Joseph Knibb, Londini Fecit
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £31,200 inc. premium
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Joseph Knibb, Londini Fecit
The walnut case with shallow dome to the hood with barley twist columns, the trunk with D moulded 42 inch door on a crossbanded base with bun feet, the ten inch square brass dial signed below the silvered Roaman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half-hour markers and inner quarter track and sculpted hands to the weight-driven fully latched movement with five knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and pierced external countwheel with Knibb's butterfly regulation to the suspension block 198cm (6ft 6in) high.
The walnut case with shallow dome to the hood with barley twist columns, the trunk with D moulded 42 inch door on a crossbanded base with bun feet, the ten inch square brass dial signed below the silvered Roaman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half-hour markers and inner quarter track and sculpted hands to the weight-driven fully latched movement with five knopped and finned pillars, anchor escapement and pierced external countwheel with Knibb's butterfly regulation to the suspension block 198cm (6ft 6in) high.
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