Bracket clock
Daniel Quare
Category
Horology
Date
1690
Materials
Ebony, brass, steel and glass
Measurements
440 x 285 x 180 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499768
Summary
An eight-day, spring clock with grande sonnerie quarter striking in an ebony veneered case; made by Daniel Quare. An ebony dome-top case with brass carrying handle and small finials; sound frets lined with red above dial and glazed sides. Square brass dial with four subsidiary dials in corners, silvered brass chapter ring with Roman numerals. Mock pendulum, three ringed winding holes and engraved square calendar aperture in dial centre; blue steel hands.
Provenance
Bequeathed for display at Lyme Park by Major the Hon. Sir Francis Legh, on his death in 1984. Part of an important collection of clocks acquired by Major the Hon. Sir Francis Legh (1919-1984), the youngest son of the Third Lord Newton.
Marks and inscriptions
Dan Quare London / (engraved on dial plate)
Makers and roles
Daniel Quare, horologist