Jean-François Debelle, recorded in rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, 1787-1800.
For an identical clock of this model, entitled La Leçon de Musique, see H. L. Tardy, French Clocks the World Over: From Louis XVI Style to Louis XVIII-Charles X Period, II, Paris, 1981, p. 312. The example illustrated by Tardy is fitted with a movement by the Parisian clockmaker Faisant and is dated 1812. An almost identical clock in the Palazzo Reale is illustrated in E. Colle and F. Mazzocca, Il Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2001, p. 291, while another sold Christie's, New York, 25 May 1993, lot 17. For a version with patinated bronze figures see Christies, London, 17 April 1980, lot 130.