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