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• Lot n° 55 A fine early 18th century burr walnut table clock with alarm Daniel Quare, London, No.138 Daniel Quare, London, No.138 The inverted bell top case surmounted by a boldly cast brass handle, over a well moulded cornice, and a pair of tall arched silk-backed sound frets to the sides, the front and rear doors set with upper quadrants backed in green silk, sitting on a moulded base and block feet. The signed and numbered 6.25 inch arched gilt brass dial with three subsidiaries, the largest giving the date, framed by a pair of engraved birds within foliate scrolls, flanked by a rise-and-fall regulation dial to the left marked in fives from 5-40, and a Strike/Silent dial to the right, the foliate and crown-and-sceptre spandrels enclosing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, and floating fleur de lys half-hour markers, the finely matted centre with deeply chamfered mock pendulum aperture, and burnished signature cartouche 138 Dan Quare, London, a silvered alarm disc to the centre, under pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement united by knopped pillars, the verge escapement with sprung suspension to the light lenticular bob pendulum, rack striking the hours on a bell, and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell via the activation cord to the right hand side, the alarm wound via the cord to the left and sounding via a twin-headed hammer set inside the larger bell. The backplate with a single line border framing a scene of five birds set within symmetrical foliate scrolls centred by an urn and sun mask, signed and numbered in a wheatear engraved oval plaque 138 Dan: Quare London. Ticking, striking, operational alarm and pull quarter striking. 25.5cm wide x 18.5cm deep x 46cm high, (10in wide x 7in deep x 18in high)