DANIEL QUARE AND STEPHEN HORSEMAN, LONDON, NO. 256. CIRCA 1720

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A George I walnut longcase clock
Daniel Quare and Stephen Horseman, London, No. 256. Circa 1720
The case with later marquetry inlay and with blind fret friezes to the stepped top hood, brass-capped columns flanking the door, concave throat mouldings above the trunk door with later marquetry roundel and hinges now on the outside, on skirted plinth also with later inlay, the 12in. wide gilt-brass dial with Indian head and foliate spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, the matted centre with subsidiary silvered seconds ring (lacking hand), signed on a plain oval reserve Dan: L Quare Ste: Horseman London. 256 above a square date aperture, blued steel hands, the arch with later strike/silent ring within dolphin spandrels, the five pillar movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on bell
7ft.4in. (2.23m.) high

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Lot Essay

Daniel Quare took Stephen Horseman as an apprentice in 1701 and Horseman was Free in 1709. Subsequently, probably circa 1718, the two entered into partnership. Quare died in 1724 and Horseman continued the business, using the same system of serial numbers, until he was made bankrupt in 1733.

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