Joseph Knibb. A Charles II ebony Roman striking three-month longcase clock, London, circa 1680

Property of a Private American Collector

Joseph Knibb. A Charles II ebony Roman striking three-month longcase clock, London, circa 1680

10½-inch latched dial with winged cherub and leaf scroll spandrels linked by tulip engraving, signed along the lower edge Joseph Knibb, London, the replaced silvered chapter ring (formerly skeletonised) with every minute numbered and engraved IV for the fourth numeral, finely matted centre, the movement with six latched, knopped and ringed pillars, arched plates, replaced anchor escapement with regulation adjustment to the suspension, 1¼-second pendulum with lenticular bob and Knibb's thumb screw regulation, reversed five wheel trains, small external locking plate cut for Roman notation and striking on two bells, the case with shallow-domed cresting and three brass finials, scroll frieze fret and brass-capped pilasters to the rising hood, the trunk with long panelled door and panelled sides, the plain plinth on later brass bun feet

212cm 6ft 11½in high overall