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A walnut longcase clock, Daniel Delander, London, circa 1725
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Description
- Daniel Delander
- 228cm 7ft 5¾in high
12-inch dial with mask and leaf spandrels, matted centre with seconds dial and calendar aperture, the arch with an engraved boss signed Danl:Delander, London within a wheatear border and flanked by dolphin spandrels, the movement with five knopped pillars and rack and bell striking, the richly figured case of good colour with flat top moulded cornice and brass capped hood pillars, the trunk with broken-arch crossbanded door bordered with ebony and box stringing, the plinth similarly veneered, the sides crossbanded and divided into panels; movement and case possibly associated
Catalogue Note
Daniel Delander was born circa 1678 and apprenticed in 1692 to Charles Halstead but later transferred to Thomas Tompion. He was freed in July 1699 but appears to have continued his association with Tompion’s workshop, probably as a journeyman. Tompion died in 1713 and in 1714 Delander moved from Devereux Court to premises between the two Temple Gates in Fleet Street. He died in 1733 and the business was continued by his son Nathaniel until his death in 1762.