Miniature longcase clock with calendar, Clockmaker: Daniel Quare (British, 1647/49–1724), Clockmaker: Stephen Horseman (British, died 1740), ca. 1720–25, British, London, Case: walnut and oak veneered with walnut and figured walnut; Dial: gilded and silvered brass; Movement: gilded brass and steel, Overall: 78 × 13 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (198.1 × 33.7 × 21.3 cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Daniel Quare (British, 1647/49–1724, Clockmaker: Stephen Horseman (British, died 1740), Miniature longcase clocks are rarities: this one, which runs for a month on a single winding, is rarer still. The case barely accommodates the exceptionally heavy weights required by the long duration of the clock, and the door to the trunk had to be hollowed out to provide room for their free descent
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Miniature longcase clock, calendar, Clockmaker, Daniel Quare, British, 1647/49–1724, Stephen Horseman, died 1740, ca, 1720–25, London, Case, walnut, oak veneered, figured walnut, Dial, gilded, silvered brass, Movement, gilded, steel, Overall, 78, 13 1/4, 8 3/8, 198.1, 33.7, 21.3 cm, Horology, Clockmaker: Daniel Stephen, died, 1740, longcase, clocks, rarities, runs, month, single winding, rarer, case barely, accommodates, exceptionally heavy, weights, required, long duration, clock, door, trunk, hollowed out, provide room, free descent
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