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
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
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