A Louis XV ormolu and patinated bronze Rhinoceros mantel clock attributed to Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Paris, circa 1755

A Louis XV ormolu and patinated bronze Rhinoceros mantel clock attributed to Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, Paris, circa 1755

7½-inch enamel dial signed Charles Le Roy A Paris, finely pirecd and engraved gilt hands, the similarly signed movement with anchor escapement and silk suspension, numbered outside count wheel striking on a bell, flat-bottomed plates numbered 77, the drum surmounted by an oriental boy holding a parasol and mounted on the back of a well-modelled rhinoceros, the rocaille plinth cast with rococo scrolls,

65cm. 25½in. high