A Charles II olivewood and ebonised striking turntable clock

A Charles II olivewood and ebonised striking turntable clock

William Knottesford. Circa 1670

The movement with thin brass plates with chamfered tops, split front plate, eight latched ring-turned pillars, restored knife-edge verge escapement, twin fusees with gut lines, hour strike via calibrated countwheel positioned high on the backplate with later pendulum holdfast, the 9¼in. square dial signed William Knottesford London beneath the narrow silvered chapter ring, pierced blued steel hands, matted centre with small subsidiary seconds and calendar aperture, winged cherub spandrels, the case with key drawer to the \'bible back\' moulded crest atop the case, ebonised twist columns to the front, glazed sides and on a later turntable plinth with ebonised bun feet, the case possibly originally ebonised

18¼in. (46.5cm.) high