Lot 180
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AN ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK depicting Europa and the Bull, the circular glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numeral signed CHLES. VOISIN. A PARIS, within a rockwork and trailing foliate C-scroll frame resting upon a standing bull and surmounted by a seated figure of Europa holding a flowered posy, the naturalistically cast plinth with two further nymphs crowning the bull with garlanded flowers, on a later ebonised base, the backplate signed Charles Voisin AParis

Details
AN ORMOLU AND BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK depicting Europa and the Bull, the circular glazed enamelled dial with both Roman and Arabic numeral signed CHLES. VOISIN. A PARIS, within a rockwork and trailing foliate C-scroll frame resting upon a standing bull and surmounted by a seated figure of Europa holding a flowered posy, the naturalistically cast plinth with two further nymphs crowning the bull with garlanded flowers, on a later ebonised base, the backplate signed Charles Voisin AParis
25in. (64cm.) wide; 30½in. (77.5cm.) high, including base
Provenance
Anonymous Sale in these Rooms, 3 July 1980, lot 29

Lot Essay

Charles Voisin, maître en 1710.

This clock is after the celebrated Europa model by Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (ill. in H. Ottomeyer and P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, p.125, fig. 2.8.8). A related clock is illustrated in C. Bremer-David et al. Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu 1993, p.90, no. 140.

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