Clocktime: Samuel Knibb Cupola Clock c1675, 03 Dial

Samuel Knibb – Ebony gilt-brass and silver Dutch striking table clock with cupola, case design attributed to John Webb.

Join Dr John C Taylor OBE from the Clocktime digital museum as he discusses the dial of the Samuel Knibb Cupola Clock.

And what a beautiful dial. And these lovely silver castings of the spandrels here, the beautiful Tudor rose engraving in the centre. These quite plain but very, very attractive hands and beautiful matting and matching shutters over the winding holes. It really is an outstanding clock. Absolutely beautiful. Another of the interesting features of the clock are there are no escutcheons on the door plates. And that everything is released from little knobs on the top hidden away here. The front door is open by a knob here, and if I press that, then you can open the front door. And you can now see the shutter holes. And here is the release mechanism to open the shutters and it cocks the maintaining power. You'll hear it go click.