DANIEL QUARE, London c1695
Description:
A particularly fine William and Mary longcase clock by the eminent maker Daniel Quare. The walnut and marquetry case stands on bun feet with a lenticle to the trunk door and barley twist columns flanking the now front opening hood door. The elaborate ten inch square brass dial is mounted with cherub and foliage spandrels, a silvered chapter ring and a subsidiary seconds ring. The chapter ring is signed Daniel Quare, London. The dial plate has delicate floral engraving between the spandrels, a finely matted centre with an engraved rose, and ringed winding holes. There is an aperture at six o’clock to view the date of the month and the steel hands are finely pierced and faceted. The high quality eight day duration movement has five finely turned pillars. The hours are sounded on a bell via an outside countwheel and sophisticated bolt and shutter maintaining power is included. Daniel Quare was a worthy contemporary of Thomas Tompion. Born in 1647 he was admitted as a Brother of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1671 and served as Master in 1708. He was one of the most celebrated clockmakers of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examples of his work can be seen in major collections and museums around the world.
Clockmaker: DANIEL QUARE, London
Circa: 1695
Stock Number: 3962
Height: 77 inches (196 cm.)