Daniel Quare No.25. A walnut marquetry month-going longcase clock, London, circa 1705

12-inch dial with finely cast and chased Indian mask and scroll spandrels, matted centre with seconds dial, date aperture and signed Dan Quare, London, 25, the movement with six knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement to the five wheel going train, rack striking on a bell, the case with ogee moulded cresting and brass ball finials above a foliate frieze fret, moulded cornice and further foliate frets and brass-capped door pilasters, rectangular trunk door with lenticel, the plinth with a stepped base, the whole inlaid with finely drawn bird and flower marquetry, the sides crossbanded and divided into panels by ebony banding

Dial in generally good condition, silvering to chapter ring rather tarnished and rubbed, good original hands. Movement is complete but very much in need of a clean, it appears to retain the original wheelwork throughout, crutch bent. Case is contemporary with the movement but is possibly associated, seatboard replaced, old losses to cresting marquetry, vertical and horizontal cracks to the trunk door, other old scuffs, marks and minor losses throughout. With pendulum, 2 brass-cased weights, winder and door key.
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Daniel Quare, a celebrated maker, was born in Somerset circa 1647 and became a Free Brother in the Clockmakers' Company from 1671, Warden from 1705 and Master in 1708. He was a strict Quaker and refused to accept the prestigeous position of clockmaker to King George I on account of not wishing to take the Oath of Allegiance. He was, nevertheless, received at the Palace and allowed `freedom to enter by the back stairs'. He took a number of apprentices from 1673 including, from 1701, Stephen Horseman who later became his partner. Daniel Quare died in 1724, while on a visit to Croydon, and was buried in the Quakers' Burial Ground at Bunhill Fields, Finsbury.