A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted biscuit and white porcelain mantel clock circa 1780, the case possibly by Guerhard & Dihl, dial inscribed Schmit à Paris

Dial possibly re-enamelled. Porcelain cleaned.
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A mantel clock with a movement by Jean-Nicolas Schmit which incorporated a biscuit porcelain putto above cloud bands and with pink and grisaille-decorated plaques around the base, was sold, Christie's, London, July 5, 2001, lot 163.  The central plaque was inscribed Mr de Guerhard et Dihl à Paris.