A GILT BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK WITH AN OTTOMAN STYLE-DRESSED COURTING COUPLE France, French Empire period, early 19th century  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.