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This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Spring driven, striking table clock by Samuel Knibb, Westminter, London c.1666. Oak case veneered in ebony, with architectual top and glazed side apertures. 9.25 inch square gilt-brass dial engraved all over with spring flowers. Applied silvered chapter ring and steel hands. Fusee movement of 8 day duration, with verge escapement and short pendulum. Hour and half-hour count wheel striking. Latched plates. Sparse engraving on backplate. Signed on backplate ‘Samuel Knibb Londini fecit.’
Knibb became a free Clockmaker in 1663 and died in 1674. Working outside the City his workshop escaped destruction by the Fire.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 559
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3444
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), oak (wood), ebony and glass
- type:
- spring clock, table clock and verge escapement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
