A good first half of the 18th century walnut veneered striking longcase clock William Kipling, London The case surmounted by a pair of brass ball finials over a caddy top with inset pierced sound fret backed in silk, above a moulded break-arch top with a further sound fret, the front supported by a pair of Doric columns. The sides with glazed observation panels, over a concave throat moulding and break-arch trunk door with moulded surround and brass lock escutcheon to the lower left, terminating in a moulded base and raised on a plain plinth. The inside of the trunk door stamped MMF. The 12 inch brass dial with Roman and Arabic numerals divided by fleur-de-lys half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and decorated calendar aperture, framed by cast brass spandrels. The break arch signed William Kipling, London with pierced blued steel hands. The five-pillar movement with anchor escapement, striking the hours on a bell mounted above via an internal countwheel. Currently ticking and striking sold with a pair of brass clad weights and pendulum. 2.46m (8ft) high. Footnotes: William Kipling was apprenticed to Thomas Johnson in 1695 and later established his own workshops at Ratcliffe Cross, where he worked from 1705 until 1750. He evidently enjoyed a thriving Middle Eastern market, as many of his watches, bracket clocks, and lantern clocks were produced with Turkish dials specifically for clients in the Ottoman Empire. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing