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THE CASE BY GUERHARD & DIHL, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN-NICOLAS SCHMIT, CIRCA 1780
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BISCUIT AND GLAZED PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
THE CASE BY GUERHARD & DIHL, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN-NICOLAS SCHMIT, CIRCA 1780
The circular white-enameled Arabic dial signed Schmit/A Paris', the movement with twin barrels with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, within a drum case among clouds, surmounted by a winged putto writing on a slate and leaning against a pedestal, flanked to either side by a lyre with an Apollo mask, on a pink and white grisaille porcelain base, on six toupie feet
19½ in. (50 cm.) high, 14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide, 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep
THE CASE BY GUERHARD & DIHL, THE MOVEMENT BY JEAN-NICOLAS SCHMIT, CIRCA 1780
The circular white-enameled Arabic dial signed Schmit/A Paris', the movement with twin barrels with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, within a drum case among clouds, surmounted by a winged putto writing on a slate and leaning against a pedestal, flanked to either side by a lyre with an Apollo mask, on a pink and white grisaille porcelain base, on six toupie feet
19½ in. (50 cm.) high, 14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide, 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 5 July 2001, lot 163.
The Duc d'Angoulême porcelain factory was established by the partners Guerhard and Dihl in 1780 under the protection of the duc d'Angoulême, son of the Comte d'Artois.
The Duc d'Angoulême porcelain factory was established by the partners Guerhard and Dihl in 1780 under the protection of the duc d'Angoulême, son of the Comte d'Artois.
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