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A fine and rare first quarter of the 18th century miniature travelling wall alarm timepiece Daniel Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, number 178
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,687.50 inc. premium
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A fine and rare first quarter of the 18th century miniature travelling wall alarm timepiece
Daniel Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, number 178
The top plate set with five tear-drop shaped cocks and cast with an integral aperture for wall fixing, over a solid rear cover and removable side doors, each held in place by a hinged brass locking piece, the lowermost horizontal members of the case cast with integral spikes to allow for the swing of the pendulum, the 3.5 inch arched brass dial signed on an applied arc 'D.Quare & Ste. Horseman, London' (the number 178 hand engraved to the rear of the arch), over an applied mask, engraved foliage and winged cherub's head spandrels, the Roman chapter ring with floating lozenge half-hour marks and matted centre with Arabic alarm-setting disc, with single blued steel heart-shaped hand, the weight driven movement with three-wheel train to the original verge escapement with short verge bob pendulum, the separate alarm train sounding on the bell above with a T-shaped steel hammer. Ticking and striking the alarm, together with four lead weights contained in a 20th century oak custom made travelling case.
12.5cms (5ins) high
The top plate set with five tear-drop shaped cocks and cast with an integral aperture for wall fixing, over a solid rear cover and removable side doors, each held in place by a hinged brass locking piece, the lowermost horizontal members of the case cast with integral spikes to allow for the swing of the pendulum, the 3.5 inch arched brass dial signed on an applied arc 'D.Quare & Ste. Horseman, London' (the number 178 hand engraved to the rear of the arch), over an applied mask, engraved foliage and winged cherub's head spandrels, the Roman chapter ring with floating lozenge half-hour marks and matted centre with Arabic alarm-setting disc, with single blued steel heart-shaped hand, the weight driven movement with three-wheel train to the original verge escapement with short verge bob pendulum, the separate alarm train sounding on the bell above with a T-shaped steel hammer. Ticking and striking the alarm, together with four lead weights contained in a 20th century oak custom made travelling case.
12.5cms (5ins) high
Footnotes
Daniel Quare (circa 1647/8-1724) began to number his clocks around 1706, and by the time he was in partnership with Stephen Horseman (active 1709-30) the numbers had risen around number 148. The with the bankruptcy of the partnership in 1730, the number had reached at least to number 305. The number were sometimes punched, or, the preferred method of engraving, as the present clock. The numbering of clocks is quite rare, but in this instance it has been established that it can be dated around 1718-21.
Comparable clocks sold in these rooms include one by George Lindsay on 14th July 2010, lot 62, and another very similar by Benjamin Gray on 10th December 2014.
Comparable literature:
A larger lantern timepiece, but with an identical shape to the top plate is illustrated in
Evans, J., Carter, J., Wright, B. (2013) Thomas Tompion 300 Years. Kent: White Horse Press, page 550.
A similar by George Graham is illustrated in Roberts, D. (1974) Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, figure 1-11.