Lewis Walduck
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Lot 102
A rare late 17th century ebony veneered quarter repeating basket top table clock Daniel Quare, London
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £38,400 inc. premium
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A rare late 17th century ebony veneered quarter repeating basket top table clock
Daniel Quare, London
Surmounted by a typical S-scroll handle with tied-ribbon central knop on foliate pommels above a repoussé brass basket of cherubs and cornucopia, the front door with a pierced silk-backed sound fret and a pair of gilt escutcheons, to a moulded base on block feet. The 6.25 inch square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and four subsidiary dials, the upper pair for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent selection, the lower for pendulum locking (each marked Pen Fast, Pen Loose, framed by cast foliate spandrels, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, shaped mock pendulum aperture with engraved scroll border, central Arabic alarm-setting disc and shaped and decorated date aperture.
The movement with six finely knopped pillars pinned to the frontplate, with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, rack striking the hours on a bell mounted above, rack-and-pinion rise and fall regulation, alarm mechanism, and pendulum locking arms to either side. Repeating the quarters on command on four bells and hammers. The backplate engraved with foliate scrolls and set-up wheels in the lower section, fitted with shaped and engraved click springs, above and signed within a wheatear bordered cartouche Daniel Quare London. Sold together with a case key and winder. 40cms (16ins) high with handle; 34cms (13.5ins) without.
Surmounted by a typical S-scroll handle with tied-ribbon central knop on foliate pommels above a repoussé brass basket of cherubs and cornucopia, the front door with a pierced silk-backed sound fret and a pair of gilt escutcheons, to a moulded base on block feet. The 6.25 inch square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and four subsidiary dials, the upper pair for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent selection, the lower for pendulum locking (each marked Pen Fast, Pen Loose, framed by cast foliate spandrels, the matted centre with ringed winding holes, shaped mock pendulum aperture with engraved scroll border, central Arabic alarm-setting disc and shaped and decorated date aperture.
The movement with six finely knopped pillars pinned to the frontplate, with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, rack striking the hours on a bell mounted above, rack-and-pinion rise and fall regulation, alarm mechanism, and pendulum locking arms to either side. Repeating the quarters on command on four bells and hammers. The backplate engraved with foliate scrolls and set-up wheels in the lower section, fitted with shaped and engraved click springs, above and signed within a wheatear bordered cartouche Daniel Quare London. Sold together with a case key and winder. 40cms (16ins) high with handle; 34cms (13.5ins) without.
Footnotes
Daniel Quare, a Quaker born in 1647, was admitted as Free Brother in the Clockmaker's Company in 1671 and served as Master in 1708. He later refused the office of Clockmaker to George I as his religion precluded him from swearing an oath of allegiance to the crown. Quare continued in business on his own until about 1715 when he took Stephen Horseman into partnership. He died in Croydon in 1724 and his business was carried on by Horseman until he fell into bankruptcy in 1733.
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