Lot 76
An early 18th century weight driven wall clock with alarm Daniel Quare, London
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,100 inc. premium
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An early 18th century weight driven wall clock with alarm
Daniel Quare, London
The frame with five urn finials and a strapped bell over (plain pierced) side frets, tapering columns and a ball feet, with hoop to the top plate and spurs to the rear feet, the 10 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman chapter ring with fancy half hour markers, signed D.Quare, London between V and VII, the finely matted centre with silvered Arabic alarm setting disc and blued steel single hand, the three train movement with knife edge verge escapement to a short bob pendulum, the strike dictated by a countwheel and the alarm set inside the iron backplate and sounding via a double headed hammer. 39cms (15.5ins) high.
The frame with five urn finials and a strapped bell over (plain pierced) side frets, tapering columns and a ball feet, with hoop to the top plate and spurs to the rear feet, the 10 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered Roman chapter ring with fancy half hour markers, signed D.Quare, London between V and VII, the finely matted centre with silvered Arabic alarm setting disc and blued steel single hand, the three train movement with knife edge verge escapement to a short bob pendulum, the strike dictated by a countwheel and the alarm set inside the iron backplate and sounding via a double headed hammer. 39cms (15.5ins) high.
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