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An early 18th century burr walnut table clock with alarm Daniel Quare, London, no.138
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £30,720 inc. premium
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Daniel Quare, London, no.138
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a boldly cast brass handle, over a well moulded cornice, and a pair of tall arched silk-backed sound frets to the sides, the front and rear doors set with upper quadrants backed in green silk, sitting on a moulded base and block feet.
The signed and numbered 6.25 inch arched gilt brass dial with three subsidiaries, the largest giving the date, framed by a pair of engraved birds within foliate scrolls, flanked by a rise-and-fall regulation dial to the left and strike/silent dial to the right, the foliate and crown-and-sceptre spandrels enclosing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, the finely matted centre with deeply chamfered mock pendulum aperture, and burnished signature cartouche 138 Dan Quare London, a silvered alarm disc to the centre, under pierced blued steel hands.
The twin gut fusee movement united by knopped pillars, the verge escapement with sprung suspension to the light lenticular bob pendulum, rack striking the hours on a bell, and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell via the activation cord to the right hand side, the alarm wound via the cord to the left and sounding via a twin-headed hammer set inside the larger bell.
The backplate with a single line border framing a scene of five birds set within symmetrical foliate scrolls centred by an urn and sun mask, signed and numbered in a wheatear engraved oval plaque 138 Dan: Quare London. Ticking, striking, operational alarm and pull quarter striking. Together with two case keys and a crank-winder.
25.5cm wide x 18.5cm deep x 46cm high, (10in wide x 7in deep x 18in high)
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a boldly cast brass handle, over a well moulded cornice, and a pair of tall arched silk-backed sound frets to the sides, the front and rear doors set with upper quadrants backed in green silk, sitting on a moulded base and block feet.
The signed and numbered 6.25 inch arched gilt brass dial with three subsidiaries, the largest giving the date, framed by a pair of engraved birds within foliate scrolls, flanked by a rise-and-fall regulation dial to the left and strike/silent dial to the right, the foliate and crown-and-sceptre spandrels enclosing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, the finely matted centre with deeply chamfered mock pendulum aperture, and burnished signature cartouche 138 Dan Quare London, a silvered alarm disc to the centre, under pierced blued steel hands.
The twin gut fusee movement united by knopped pillars, the verge escapement with sprung suspension to the light lenticular bob pendulum, rack striking the hours on a bell, and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell via the activation cord to the right hand side, the alarm wound via the cord to the left and sounding via a twin-headed hammer set inside the larger bell.
The backplate with a single line border framing a scene of five birds set within symmetrical foliate scrolls centred by an urn and sun mask, signed and numbered in a wheatear engraved oval plaque 138 Dan: Quare London. Ticking, striking, operational alarm and pull quarter striking. Together with two case keys and a crank-winder.
25.5cm wide x 18.5cm deep x 46cm high, (10in wide x 7in deep x 18in high)
Footnotes
A handwritten note pasted inside the clock on the seatboard reads; "I inherited this Clock from my mother, who died in 1918. Having it repaired in 1922 an inscription was discovered written in pencil by my father upon the board to which this paper is attached. He died at the age of 67 in 1901. Charles William English, age 60, London, August 1922.
Provenance
John Carlton-Smith, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, June 1996.