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PROPERTY OF THE GEORGE DANIELS EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Joseph Knibb. A small ebonised month-going roman striking longcase clock, London, circa 1685, the case associated and substantially re-built
10-inch latched dial with wheat ear border and signed along the lower edge Joseph Knibb Londini Fecit, winged cherub spandrels, skeletonised chapter ring, finely matted centre with date aperture, finely pierced hands, the movement with five latched ringed and knopped pillars, reversed five wheel trains, outside count wheel cut for roman notation, striking on two bells, anchor escapement, the backplate cut for the anchor and applied with a movement securing bracket, the pendulum with butterfly thumb piece above the threaded bob and fine regulation thumb piece above the back cock, the associated case with shallow domed cresting to the rising hood with three brass ball finials above a moulded cornice, frieze fret and spiral pilasters, spoon locking, the trunk with long panelled door, the plain plinth with bun feet.
201cm. 6ft. 7in. high overall
Estimation
40 000
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60 000
Imprimer