73,600 CHF
Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, No. 229, circa 1725. Important and very fine ebonized eight-day going hour and half-hour striking, quarter-repeating bracket clock with date. Ebony veneered with caddie top, arched glazed door with pierced wood corner frets, glazed side panels, molded base raised on rectangular molded feet, pivoted brass carrying handle at the top. Silvered chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour divisions, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, the arched upper section with silvered date dial, all encased within pierced spandrels decorated with masks and scrolling, regulator scale in the top left corner, striking/silent dial to the right. Blued steel hands. 19 x 14 cm, brass, back plate fully engraved with female figures, flower basket and scrolling, fusee and gut on going and striking trains, verge escapement, brass rod pendulum with brass lens bob, spring suspension at movable bracket for adjustment, rack and snail striking, pull repeat.Dial and movement signed.Dim. height 46 cm, width 26 cm, depth 18 cm. Notes Daniel Quare Believed to have been born circa 1647/48 in Somerset. Became a Brother in the Clockmakers’ Company in April 1671, as a Great Clockmaker. Was a Quaker and as such would not sign oaths and perhaps for this reason he is described as a “covenant servant” rather than an apprentice. He took numerous apprentices, among them Stephen Horseman son of Stephen Horseman of Brayton, Yorkshire, wheelwright,
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
