A FINE THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK  modelled as Venus with arms raised and drapery flowing in numerous folds, beside a fluted column and with Cupid flying beside her, raised on the clock case modelled as a twin handled urn with mask and acanthus mounts, on a fluted cylindrical base over an ornate plinth cast with a border of oval portraits, with two grotesque claw feet, the gilt dial decorated to the centre with three putti, with enamelled Roman numerals, the twin train movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, with pendulum,  59cm high The movement is winding, ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed.