Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

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