A Queen Anne walnut month-going longcase clock

DANIEL QUARE, LONDON. CIRCA 1710

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A Queen Anne walnut month-going longcase clock
Daniel Quare, London. Circa 1710
The herringbone-inlaid case with plinth on double skirted foot, rectangular trunk door, the sides each with rectangular herringbone-bordered panels, the hood with brass-capped columns and surmounted by a caddy top flanked by later gilt-wood finials, the 12in. square brass dial signed Dan Quare London on the silvered chapter ring with sword hilt half and half-quarter hour markers, pierced blued steel hands, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring, ringed winding holes and calendar aperture, mask-and-foliate spandrels, the movement with five ringed pillars, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell above the plates

Lot Essay

The burr-walnut veneers on the present clock are of notably high quality and comparison may be made between it and a fine Quare walnut month-going longcase formerly in the Wetherfield Collection. See Eric Bruton The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks, NAG Press, 1981, p.181.

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