A Louis XVI Duc d'Angoulême Paris Porcelain Mantel Clock

Schmit, Paris, Circa 1790

the biscuit porcelain case surmounted by a female figure allegorical of Astronomy, a pale blue plinth encasing the dial, the rectangular porcelain base with a porcelain panel of foliate arabesques signed 'Manufre. de Mse. le Duc D'angoulême à Paris,' signed on the dial and also signed by the enameler 'Barbichon' beneath the numeral VI; the movement with a silk suspension and outside numbered counterwheel.
Height 18 x width 14 1/2 x depth 7 inches.

Property from the Estate of Joanna Hoffman, Palm Beach, and Her Father, John Hoffman, Member of the British Antique Dealers’ Association and the Confederation Internationale de Negociants en Oeuvres d’Art.

This lot is located in Palm Beach.

Note:

The Guérhard and Dihl Manufactory, also called the Duke of Angoulême (Duc d'Angoulême) Manufactory, was founded in 1780 by Christophe Dihl and Antoine Guérhard with the patronage of the oldest son of the Count of Artois. By 1785 the manufactory boasted twelve sculptors and thirty painters specializing in biscuit and hard-paste porcelain as well as plaques imitating Wedgwood Jasperware. The manufactory flourished during the revolution and the Empire period, gradually declining and disappearing by 1830.

A comparable Duc d'Angoulême clock with bronze mounts was sold at Sotheby's, Classic Design, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics, 4 April, 2023, Lot 111. Another Duc d'Angoulême clock with biscuit figures and finely painted plaques is in the collection of Waddeson Manor, Buckinghamshire, England.