LATE 18TH-CENTURY CLOCK Made of Parisian porcelain, with a chiselled and gilded bronze frame; the white enamelled dial is signed ‘Drouot / A PARIS’ inscribed within a vase-shaped case surmounted by a bouquet of flowers and flanked by handles decorated with women’s heads wearing Phrygian caps, supported by two musician putti holding a garland of oak leaves, the base in red griotte marble adorned with painted panels featuring garlands of natural flowers, with spindle-shaped feet; minor imperfections H.: 45 cm (17 ¾ in.) W.: 32.5 cm (12 ¾ in.) A late 18th-century gilt-bronze-mounted Paris porcelain and marble mantel clock Porcelain clocks were among the models most prized by collectors in the late 18th century. The Sèvres porcelain factory made the production of porcelain clocks one of its specialities. However, other factories, such as the Manufacture de la Reine on Rue Thiroux or the Manufacture du Duc d’Angoulême, also produced clocks of this type. An illustration published in the ‘Cabinet des Modes’ of January 1786 shows a porcelain set with a floral design on sale at the haberdasher Granchez’s shop, ‘Au Petit Dunkerque’, featuring a clock whose overall design is reminiscent of that of our example.