- Sussex 01403 700858
- Winchester 01962 861789
- London 020 4548 4738
- Sussex 01403 700858
- Winchester 01962 861789
- London 020 4548 4738
The movement by Daniel Quare, London, the case early 18th century and later
| Estimate: | £3,000 - £5,000 |
The hood with caddy top and brass finials, above a fret panel and moulded pediment, with glazed square door, flanked by brass-capped three-quarter columns, the sides each with a glazed panel and quarter-cut column, above the trunk with rectangular panel door, on stepped plinth base; the 11 ½ in. square brass dial with crown and cherub spandrels, silvered chapter ring, enclosing the matted centre with seconds subsidiary, harboured winding and calendar apertures, the movement with five knopped, ringed and finned pillars, anchor escapement and internal countwheel strike on a bell, the case with restoration and replacement, case and movement possibly associated
246cm high
PROVENANCE: Bonhams, London, 9 July 2014, lot 55.
Daniel Quare (d. 1724), one of England's greatest clockmakers from the 'golden era' of English Clockmaking. George I offered him the post of the King's watchmaker; however his Quaker faith made him unable to swear an oath of alligence. Nevertheless the King told him that he could visit at any time, so his nickname 'Quare of the back stairs' was coined as the Yeoman of the Guard were instructed that he could only use the back stairs.
His commercial success can be measured in part from the guest list of his daughter, Anne's wedding, which included envoys from many of the Royal houses of Europe.