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A rare late 17th century ebony veneered, silver-mounted, quarter repeating table clock with documented repeat system operating on a single bell Joseph Knibb, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £40,000 inc. premium
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A rare late 17th century ebony veneered, silver-mounted, quarter repeating table clock with documented repeat system operating on a single bell
Joseph Knibb, London
the shallow caddy top with silver handle and mount over three pierced sound frets and silver escutcheons (silver mounts possibly later), on a moulded plinth, the 6.25 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic dial with outer minute ring and inner quarter hour ring around the finely matted centre, with strike/not strike lever above XII and signature along the lower edge, the four latched dial feet to the twin gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by five vase shaped pillars, with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell and pull quarter repeat on a smaller bell, the back plate with a single line border enclosing interlaced flower heads and foliage surrounding the copperplate signature 33cms (12.5ins) high.
the shallow caddy top with silver handle and mount over three pierced sound frets and silver escutcheons (silver mounts possibly later), on a moulded plinth, the 6.25 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic dial with outer minute ring and inner quarter hour ring around the finely matted centre, with strike/not strike lever above XII and signature along the lower edge, the four latched dial feet to the twin gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by five vase shaped pillars, with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell and pull quarter repeat on a smaller bell, the back plate with a single line border enclosing interlaced flower heads and foliage surrounding the copperplate signature 33cms (12.5ins) high.
Footnotes
This repeat train is illustrated and discussed over six pages by Charles Hobson in "Hobson's Choice", Malcolm Gardner Books, 1982, pp 47-52.