A Régence style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany, kingwood and satiné trellis parquetry regulateur de parquet after the model by Charles Cressent Paris, circa 1890

the clock movement numbered 2004.

Overall good condition and presentation; the gilt-bronze cleaned and appearing to retain original gilding, but not very well cast or chased; rubbing and wear to the figure of father time to the cresting with losses to the gilding; rubbing to the mounts throughout and with some tarnishing and pitting; the case in good condition with some restored chips and age cracks mainly to edges; the center of the white enamel dial appears to be re-painted.
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An exemple of the original régulateur is in the collection of her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle in the Grand Corridor, visible in a Joseph Nash watercolor; see Hugh Roberts, For the King's Pleasure, The Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd, London, 2001, p.234, fig. 284.