A Directoire Gilt-Bronze Mounted Paris (Duc D'Angoulême) Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock, Circa 1795

A Biscuit and Porcelain Mantel Clock, late 18th Century, by Guérhard and Dihl Manufactory, also called the Duke of Angoulême Manufactory.

The movement by Jean-Nicolas Schmitz.

Placed under the patronage of the Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of the Count of Artois, the so-called Manufacture of the Duke of Angoulême was created in 1780 by the excellent chemist and modeler Christophe Dihl and Antoine Guérhard and his spouse. From the start, it was so successful that in 1785 it already employed twelve sculptors and thirty painters. They specialized in the production of extremely fine quality biscuit and hard-paste porcelain, as well as jasper plaques in imitation of Wedgwood. The premises in the rue de Bondy quickly became too cramped and the factory moved in 1789 to the former hotel of the financier Bergeret, rue du Temple. It continued to develop brilliantly during the revolution and reached its peak during the Empire period. In the meantime, Madame Guérhard, who had become a widow, had remarried Dihl. It was only under the Restauration period that the factory suffered a gradual decline to disappear with its founders in 1830.

The porcelain manufactory collaborated frequently with

Jean-Nicolas Schmitz, maître horloger in 1781, with premises in Paris in the rue Martin.