A William III brass lantern clock with ten inch square brass dial, Daniel Quare, London, circa 16

A William III brass lantern clock with ten inch square brass dial, Daniel Quare, London, circa 1695. The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with column turned corner uprights and now with anchor escapement, the 10 inch square brass dial with matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers and signed Dan Quare, London to lower edge, with original steel hand and angles applied with winged cherub head and scroll cast spandrels, the frame with foliate pierced side frets and vase turned finials beneath domed bell bearer above, with rear hanging hoop and spurs to the turned ball feet, (lacking one side door and alarm) 40cm (16.75ins) high. Daniel Quare was admitted as Brother of the Clockmakers` Company in April 1671 and by 1683 he was working from Exchange Alley, London. He was selected as a member of the Court of Asssistants in 1698, later becoming Master in 1708. The following year he took a former apprentice, Stephen Horseman, into partnership which presumably lasted until Quare`s death in 1724. He was a fine inventive and commercially-minded maker who supplied clocks to significant European Royal and Aristocratic clients as well the Court of William III. As a Quaker, Quare refused an invitation from George I to be appointed `Royal Clockmaker` as his beliefs would not allow him to undertake the Oath of Allegiance, however an informal arrangement was agreed where Quare had open access to the palace via the back stairs. In addition to clocks, Quare is also famous for his `portable weather glass` or pillar barometer for which he sought a patent via the Clockmakers` Company in 1695. After his death in 1724 he was buried at the Quaker`s burial ground at Bunhill Fields.