Lot 47*,TP
A very fine first half of the 18th century walnut longcase clock Daniel Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, No. 199
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29 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £19,200 inc. premium
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A very fine first half of the 18th century walnut longcase clock
Daniel Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, No. 199
The stepped caddy top with brass ball-and-spire finials over blind cut frets, brass-mounted Doric three-quarter and quarter columns to the front and rear angles, the long door of particularly lively burr figuring within a featherbanded border and moulded edge, the base with similar veneered panel within a crossbanded border on double plinth. The 12 inch arched brass dial with large subsidiary date flanked by addorsed dolphin spandrels over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating lozenge half-hour markers and inner quarter-hour track, signed in polished reserve of the matted centre Dan Quare Ste. Horsman, London, No.199, with blued steel hands. The five pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on the bell. Together with a pendulum, two weights (originally brass-covered, now painted black), two door keys and a crank winder. 2.8m (9ft 2ins) high.
The stepped caddy top with brass ball-and-spire finials over blind cut frets, brass-mounted Doric three-quarter and quarter columns to the front and rear angles, the long door of particularly lively burr figuring within a featherbanded border and moulded edge, the base with similar veneered panel within a crossbanded border on double plinth. The 12 inch arched brass dial with large subsidiary date flanked by addorsed dolphin spandrels over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating lozenge half-hour markers and inner quarter-hour track, signed in polished reserve of the matted centre Dan Quare Ste. Horsman, London, No.199, with blued steel hands. The five pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack striking on the bell. Together with a pendulum, two weights (originally brass-covered, now painted black), two door keys and a crank winder. 2.8m (9ft 2ins) high.
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Please note that since cataloguing, it has come to our attention that this clock was previously sold at Christies, King Street, London on June 4th 2009 with the following provenance: Marjorie Wiggin Prescott Collection Sold Christie's New York January 31 1981 lot 179 Mallets 1981 Private Collection USA. And prior to that at Sotheby's New York April 19th 2001, lot 378.
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