Wall Clock: Period 12” English Fusee Dial Timepiece by William Kibble 1870

We present for consideration, this Victorian period fusee wall timepiece with 12” dial, by clock, watchmaker and Jeweller, William Kibble of London. Born 1819, Southwark, London, Surrey, Kibble operated from 22 Gracechurch Street, London, Middlesex, from c1845 where he handcrafted and sold some wonderful high-quality clocks and watches in his day, including this one. It is also known, that one of Kibble’s great passions was travelling and visiting oversees locations, and as he became more affluent from his work, spent many summers away with his family, exploring the major cities of Europe and North Africa throughout the late 1850’s through to the mid-1870’s. Kibble retired from his professional undertakings in c1880, relocating to rural Berkhamsted, Herts. He handed the business over to his son William Frederick Kibble (born 1848), and a Goldsmith by trade, who changed the business into a sole jewellery retailers. The clocks solid walnut turned roundhead face, sits over its boxed cabinet. There is a hinged inspection door located to the side of the box and an operable lockable regulator door located at the bottom of the box. The clock retains its original metal dial, with black Roman numerals and Kibble’s details, finished with its original pair of blued Heavy Double Swell Spade hands, secured with a pinned collet. The clocks dial is then protected by glaze mounted in a brass bezel, incorporating a canted silvered brass fillet to the interior. The clock benefits from a quality 8-day single fusee movement set between rectangular plates and turned pillars and comes with its original 70mm diameter brass pendulum bob and a brass winding key. …A stunning mid-Victorian English fusee dial timepiece of exceptionally proportion and character. Payment - We Accept: - Debit / Credit Cards. - Bacs Transfer (Faster Payments). (Our bank details are on our invoices).