Lot 72*
A good late 17th century ebony table clock Daniel Quare, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £15,360 inc. premium
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A good late 17th century ebony table clock
Daniel Quare, London
The case with typical turned handle on S-scroll uprights on ball pommels over a caddy with four applied mounts, the sides with rectangular glazed panels to a moulded plinth and replaced block feet. The 6.5 inch square dial with winged cherubs heads spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fancy half hour markers and inner quarter track, the finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and decorated apertures for date and mock pendulum, signed between VII and V, with blued steel hands.
The twin gut fusee movement with six knopped and ringed pillars, pivoted verge escapement, the striking train with rack strike on a bell (quarter repeat train now removed). The backplate with single line border framing a symmetrical pattern of interlaced foliate scrolls centred by the signature in a wheatear border 39cms (15.5ins) high.
The case with typical turned handle on S-scroll uprights on ball pommels over a caddy with four applied mounts, the sides with rectangular glazed panels to a moulded plinth and replaced block feet. The 6.5 inch square dial with winged cherubs heads spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fancy half hour markers and inner quarter track, the finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and decorated apertures for date and mock pendulum, signed between VII and V, with blued steel hands.
The twin gut fusee movement with six knopped and ringed pillars, pivoted verge escapement, the striking train with rack strike on a bell (quarter repeat train now removed). The backplate with single line border framing a symmetrical pattern of interlaced foliate scrolls centred by the signature in a wheatear border 39cms (15.5ins) high.
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