A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK BY HOWELL JAMES, LONDON & PARIS, CLOCKMAKER TO THE QUEEN in the Louis XVI style, surmounted by a twin handled urn, the sides decorated with classical masks and laurel garlands over a shaped plinth base, set with porcelain panels depicting a courting couple and a winged cherub with gilt borders, the white enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the twin train movement stamped 'HOWELL JAMES & CIE TO THE QUEEN LONDON & PARIS', with pendulum, 42cm high The movement is winding, ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed.