Lot 64
WILLIAM III / QUEEN ANNE WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK, JOHN KNIBB, OXFORD
CIRCA 1690-1710, WITH LATER ALTERATIONS
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
the gilt brass square dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals and Arabic chapter ring, ‘IIII’ numeral, the matted centre with twin wind holes, silvered subsidiary second dial and a date aperture, signed 'John Knibb Oxoniae Fecit’, with pierced spandrels of putti holding a crown aloft, the restored flat top case with a moulded pediment and plain frieze, the dial door flanked by gilt brass mounted three quarter Doric plain columns, over a rectangular door with moulded edge, on a cross banded square plinth base with solid bracket foot, the twin train five knobbed pillar weight driven movement striking on a bell
Dimensions
220cm wide, 54cm wide, 28.5cm deep
Footnote
John Knibb was a member of the eminent Knibb family. He was born in 1650, a brother of Joseph, for whom he worked from about 1664. He was free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1673 and continued to work in Oxford after Joseph had moved to London. He had a varied clientele and his finest work was equal to that of his brother. He became Mayor of Oxford in 1700, dying in 1722.