AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD GILT BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK WITH A COURTING COUPLE the stepped plinth base with relief cast decoration of a classical scene with Venus being pulled on a chariot with dolphins in the sea, surmounted by a bronze depicting a pair of Ottoman style figures in an embrace, on a rocky naturalistic base centred by the white enamelled dial, the twin train movement with outside countwheel and silk suspension striking on a bell, with pendulum, 53cm high The movement is winding, ticking and striking but looks to need a clean and service and not fully tested or guaranteed.