"Pendulum Of Love And Psyche In Chiseled And Gilded Bronze - Restoration Period."
Finely chiseled and gilded bronze pendulum. The circular dial with guilloché background and Roman numerals, signed MARTIN HORLOGER, inscribed in a terminal decorated with acanthus leaves and water leaves. It is summoned by love playing with a butterfly (symbol of the soul, Psyche) and framed by a bow and its quiver and an oak tree. The rectangular base decorated with a relief arm depicting cupids carrying a basket of fruit. Restoration period. Missing the arrow held by love, cracked glass on the reverse. Dimensions: 39 x 26 x 10 cm.