A Louis XV gilt and patinated bronze "Europa & the Bull" mantel clock, Louis-David Carré, Paris, circa 1755

Property of a distinguished Italian collector

A Louis XV gilt and patinated bronze "Europa & the Bull" mantel clock, Louis-David Carré, Paris, circa 1755

5-inch enamel dial signed L. David Carré A Paris, the circular plated movement with tic tac escapement and silk suspension, numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, signed on the backplate as the dial, the drum surmounted by the seated figure of Europa amidst trailing flowers and leaves and mounted on the back of a well modelled bull, on a rocaille base 

63cm. 24¾in. high