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A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury image 1
A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury image 2
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A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock
Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury

16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A good and rare 17th century miniature brass striking alarm lantern clock

Thomas Knifton at the sign of the crossed keys in Lothbury
The strapped bell with circular pierced corner pieces over a top plate with integrally cast hanging aperture and three pierced frets, turned finials on tapering Doric columns on ball feet, the 3.75 inch rectangular dial with Roman chapter ring and inner quarter hour track enclosing the foliate engraved centre with pictogram signature 'Thomas Knifton at the X in Lothbury fecit', with silvered alarm setting disc and single blued steel hand, the weight driven movement with verge balance wheel escapement and countwheel strike on a bell, the alarm set on the iron backplate and sounding via a double headed hammer 24cms (9ins) high.

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