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• Lot n° 86 A 17th century and later silver-mounted quarter repeating ebonised table clock Joseph Knibb, London The later Knibb-style case with an oak carcass and ebonised finish set to the shallow caddy top with a silver handle and four silver mounts, the sides set with three pierced silk-backed sound frets, all raised on a moulded base sitting on silvered bun feet. The 6.25-inch square brass dial signed along the lower edge Joseph Knibb, London with silvered winged cherub head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with outer minute band and inner quarter hour ring around the matted centre, strike/not strike lever above XII, with three latched dial feet to the twin gut fusee movement, the rectangular plates united by five vase-shaped latched pillars, with knife edge verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the pull quarter repeat acting on a smaller bell (both bells mounted on steel stands with typical 'Knibb style' fettling to the foot, the backplate with single line border enclosing interlaced foliate scrolls and flower heads framing the curved signature and foliage surrounding the signature Joseph Knibb, Londini fecit 35cms (14ins) high.