Lot 48

WILLIAM AND MARY MINIATURE LONGCASE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY JOSEPH KNIBB, LONDON, CIRCA 1685

Auction: 26 March 2013 at 11:00 GMT
£12,500
Description
the later case hood with flat top hood and rectangular glazed side panels flanked by spiral twist columns, the rectangular door with boxwood and ebony star parquetry inlay, conforming parquetry to the step-moulded base, the 6 inch wide brass dial with winged cherub mask spandrels to silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with trident half hour markers, replaced blued steel hands, the movement on ball and spike feet with four ring-turned pillars, replaced knife edge verge escapement and countwheel strike on later bell
Dimensions
175cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Provenance: Collection of Basil Hodson
Purchased Sotheby's 26th January, 1968, lot 36
