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A rare early 18th century ebony veneered, gilt-metal mounted quarter-repeating table clock, Daniel Quare, London, No. 160
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £37,500 inc. premium
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A rare early 18th century ebony veneered, gilt-metal mounted quarter-repeating table clock,
Daniel Quare, London, No. 160
The inverted top surmounted by a typical S-scroll handle and applied mounts over a bold moulding, long glazed side apertures and a plinth base, the 6.5 inch broken arched dial set with a large date dial flanked by smaller subsidiaries for rise and fall regulation and strike/silent, the main chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals interspersed by floating half hour markers and lozenge half-quarter marks, the matted centre with large chamfered mock pendulum aperture and polished signature reserve numbered 160, with crown and sceptre numerals to the lowermost corners, the twin wire fuse movement with substantial plates united by five knopped and finned pillars with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the quarters repeated on pulling on a single bell, the backplate signed and numbered in an oval wheatear cartouche set within a series of foliate scrolls, birds and an urn 48cms (18.5ins) high.
The inverted top surmounted by a typical S-scroll handle and applied mounts over a bold moulding, long glazed side apertures and a plinth base, the 6.5 inch broken arched dial set with a large date dial flanked by smaller subsidiaries for rise and fall regulation and strike/silent, the main chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals interspersed by floating half hour markers and lozenge half-quarter marks, the matted centre with large chamfered mock pendulum aperture and polished signature reserve numbered 160, with crown and sceptre numerals to the lowermost corners, the twin wire fuse movement with substantial plates united by five knopped and finned pillars with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the quarters repeated on pulling on a single bell, the backplate signed and numbered in an oval wheatear cartouche set within a series of foliate scrolls, birds and an urn 48cms (18.5ins) high.