A FINE AND RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY EBONY VENEERED QUARTER REPEATING TABLE / BRACKET CLOCK BY DANIEL QUARE AND STEPHEN HORSEMAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1721-1724the inverted bell top surmounted by a brass baluster turned handle over arched rectangular glazed side panels and a plinth base and block feet, the front and rear doors with pierced quadrants, the front door with gilt brass stylised mask escutcheons, the 6.5 inch break-arch brass dial with gilt mask spandrels and silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute outer track, the gilt matted centre with oval name plate signed 'Quare & Horseman London', above the mock pendulum aperture, with silvered subsidiary dial to the arch for date of the month, the single fusee timepiece movement united by five knopped and ring turned pillars with verge escapement, the pull cord repeating the hours on a bell and the quarters on a further smaller bell, the backplate finely engraved with scrolling acanthus leaves and centred by a vase of flowers over the signature 'Quare & Horseman LONDON', flanked by a pair of winged herms, with pendulum, winder and two case keys,46cm highThe clock movement is ticking and the pull repeat is working but not fully tested for timekeeping or guaranteed.Daniel Quare (c.1649-1724) was first admitted to the Clockmaker’s Company in London as a Brother on 3rd April 1671. He hailed from Somerset but by 1686 was working at Exchange Alley, London and throughout the 17th century his reputation as a master clockmaker grew, culminating in a request from King William III that he accept the post of King’s Watchmaker. However Quare being a Quaker, was unable to accept the prestigious post as his religion meant he could not swear the necessary oath. This refusal did not seem to impede on his success and William III still commissioned him to produce a repeating watch and a year-going longcase clock which is still installed in the king's bedroom at Hampton Court Palace. In January 1701 Quare took on a young apprentice named Stephen Horseman who was also a Quaker. Horseman married Quare’s niece Mary Savage in 1712, three years after being given his freedom from the Clockmakers Company so that he could set up his own firm. However in around 1721 Horseman went into partnership with Quare at the workshop in Exchange Alley, and the two worked together until 1724 when Quare died. Horseman then ran the firm until 1730 when he was declared bankrupt.