A walnut tall case clock
A walnut tall case clock
signed Daniel Quare and Stephen Horsman, London, no. 211
Date: Early 18th century
Movement: Weight driven movement joined by five knopped and finned pillars with renewed anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell
Dial: 12-inch arched brass dial with large subsidiary date ring in the arch, designed so as to gently intersect the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating fleur de lys half hour marks, the matted center with oval signature cartouche, numbered 211
Case: Restored shaped caddy top surmounted by three brass finials over a fret and molded cornice supported on three-quarter and quarter columns, the sides with rectangular glazed panels, the long trunk door with D-molded edge over a stepped base
Size: 106 in (269cm) high
Accompaniments: Crank key
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A walnut tall case clock
signed Daniel Quare and Stephen Horsman, London, no. 211
Date: Early 18th century
Movement: Weight driven movement joined by five knopped and finned pillars with renewed anchor escapement, rack striking on a bell
Dial: 12-inch arched brass dial with large subsidiary date ring in the arch, designed so as to gently intersect the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating fleur de lys half hour marks, the matted center with oval signature cartouche, numbered 211
Case: Restored shaped caddy top surmounted by three brass finials over a fret and molded cornice supported on three-quarter and quarter columns, the sides with rectangular glazed panels, the long trunk door with D-molded edge over a stepped base
Size: 106 in (269cm) high
Accompaniments: Crank key