Jacob Petit French Clock, Signed

Jacob Petit Mantle Clock, an exceptional painted clock and base.  Jacob Petit signature design, with hand painted vignettes, dates to mid 19th century.  The base features cherubs  in flight on each panel.  Signed,JP.  Clock is in fine working condition.

JacobPetit 1796-1868 worked at the porcelain factory at Sèvres as a painter. With his brother Mardochee he bought a porcelain factory in Fontainebleau in 1830, finally settling in Paris in 1863. The wares he made were of a purely ornamental character; e.g., vases, statuettes, clocks. The high-quality porcelain may have been fired in Limoges. The usual colours are pale pink, light green, mauve, black, and gold. The shapes are idiosyncratic interpretations of the 18th-century rocaille style typical of the popular preference for the neo-Rococo during Louis-Philippe's reign (1830–48). Impressed or in blue, the mark for Petit porcelain is JP.

Dimensions:  H 14in x W 8in x D 5in