Collection

Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Made:
1665-1666 in London
Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement) Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement) Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement) Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement)
Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement) Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement) Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement) Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb (spring clock; table clock; verge escapement)

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The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
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The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

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

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