The Angoulême porcelain factory was established by the partners Guerhard and Dihl in 1789 under the protection of the duc d'Angoulême. Recorded in the rue Bondy (or rue du Temple), they specialised in the production of extremely fine quality biscuit and hard-paste porcelain, as well as jasper plaques in imitation of Wedgwood. They were extensively patronised by the Garde-Meuble, supplying biscuit figures and objects ranging in value from 60 to 1200 francs and clock cases from 200 to 6000 francs.
A clock of the same model with a movement by Schmit à Paris was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 25 November 1988, lot 90