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Dial signed M*** Taccard & King Hervelry Co., St Louis
Height : 122 cm (48 in.) ; Width : 40 cm (15,7 in.) ; Depth : 13 cm (5 in.)
Circa 1880
France
Wood, gilt bronze

Executed in wood, with a foliate scrolled, gilt-bronze mounted shaped case, the upper and lower sections fitted with masks and a floral basket. With a raised glazed panel enclosing the gilt-bronze dial. Realised for the American market.
The Regency style is characterized mainly by relaxing the lines and decorations, which always meets a perfect symmetry. The transition to asymmetry led to the triumph of 'Rocaille' style. The components of the Louis XV style (imagination, fantasy, movement) are contained in the Regency style. Content, but not released. Some models of clocks show already that tendency. Table or wall clocks, that style offers, without constraint, all possibilities of fantasies, asymmetry and movement. These clocks take inspiration from decorators, who propagate the forms and decorations in fashion, as Oppenord Gilles-Marie (1672-1742), considered as one of the most influential leader of the Regence style.

Good overall condition but the handle is detached (see pictures), and we have the piece. The pendulum movement is not guaranteed