THE MOVEMENT AND DIAL BY DANIEL QUARE, LONDON, THE CASE ASSOCIATED. LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER-MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT AND DIAL BY DANIEL QUARE, LONDON, THE CASE ASSOCIATED. LATE 17TH CENTURY
CASE: silver handle to cushion-moulded top, pierced and engraved silver frets to front and above side glasses, on squab feet, restored front door, restorations to veneers; case key DIAL: 7 in. square brass dial with chevron-engraved border, replaced repoussée silver coronet spandrels to silvered chapter ring signed 'D: Quare London', gilt matted centre with engraved date aperture, strike/silent lever above XII blued steel hands MOVEMENT: five pillars, twin fusees with re-instated verge escapement, hour strike on bell, formerly with pull quarter repeat, back plate engraved with foliage and thistles and signed 'Daniel Quare/London', secured with turn catches, a bolt through the lower pillar and with later steel brackets; crank key
14 in. (36 cm.) high, handle down; 10½ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Daniel Quare (b.c.1649-d.1724) became one of the most illustrious clockmakers of England's golden age of horology. The earliest record of him is his appearance in the minutes of a Clockmakers' Company Quarter Court on 3 April 1671, when he was admitted as a Brother of the Company. In 1705 he was made Junior Warden and he subsequently rose through the ranks to become Master in 1708. George I offered Quare the post of King's Watchmaker. However, as a Quaker he was unable to swear the necessary Oath of Allegiance. Even so, the King allowed him free access to the Palace at any time. In 1701 Quare took his former apprentice, Stephen Horseman, into partnership and towards the end retired to Croydon, where he died in 1724. See also lot 95.

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