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2 Joseph Knibb, Oxford An exceptionally rare 8-day ebonised longcase
clock. Circa 1666
5 foot 11 inches high
CASE
The well-proportioned plinth is raised on four ebonised bun feet and the backboard extends nearly the entire length of the case. The panelled trunk door has iron hinges and is applied with a gilt-brass eagle escutcheon. The inside of the door is pasted with a label for The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks No. 75.
The rising hood has an architectural pediment flanked to the sides with three quarter columns with gilt-brass Corinthian capitals. The sides of the hood with the original inset mouldings framing the glazing.
DIAL
The 81⁄4 inch square fully latched dial is signed Joseph Knibb in Oxon fecit at the base interrupting the scored line border. The narrow silvered brass chapter ring is engraved with Roman hour chapters with fleur de lys half hour markers and an outer Arabic minute sector.
The lightly matted centre is finely engraved with a central rosette; the winding holes are shuttered and the window for the calendar aperture is positioned above chapter VI. The blued steel hands are beautifully pierced and sculpted and the spandrels are exquisitely engraved with tulips and daisies amongst foliage.
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