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Lot 115*
A good mid 18th century Mahogany striking table clock William Kipling, London
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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A good mid 18th century Mahogany striking table clock
William Kipling, London
The case surmounted by a knopped brass handle over an inverted bell top framed by cone finials, the moulded cornice over glazed sides and front door with quadrant sound frets to a moulded base on brass ogee feet. The 7 inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring intercepted by floating fleur-de-lis half-hour markers, matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures, framed by six cast brass spandrels, signed on a silvered plaque William Kipling London. The twin fusee movement with steel lines and pivoted verge escapement and short bob pendulum, united by five knopped pillars, striking the hours on a bell via rack and snail. The backplate with a single line border framing the engraved symmetrical floral swags, secured into the case by a pair of brass brackets. Ticking and striking. Sold together with two case keys and a winding key. 50cms (20ins) high.
The case surmounted by a knopped brass handle over an inverted bell top framed by cone finials, the moulded cornice over glazed sides and front door with quadrant sound frets to a moulded base on brass ogee feet. The 7 inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring intercepted by floating fleur-de-lis half-hour markers, matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures, framed by six cast brass spandrels, signed on a silvered plaque William Kipling London. The twin fusee movement with steel lines and pivoted verge escapement and short bob pendulum, united by five knopped pillars, striking the hours on a bell via rack and snail. The backplate with a single line border framing the engraved symmetrical floral swags, secured into the case by a pair of brass brackets. Ticking and striking. Sold together with two case keys and a winding key. 50cms (20ins) high.
Footnotes
William Kipling was apprenticed to Thomas Johnson in 1695 and later established his own workshops at Ratcliffe Cross, where he operated between 1705 and 1750. Kipling produced many clocks for the Ottoman market, as evidenced by the number of his surviving watches, bracket clocks, and lantern clocks bearing Turkish dials. These suggest a steady demand for his work in the Middle East in the early 18th-century.