In chased and gilded bronze, depicting the theme of Love in a cage. Venus standing near Love who begs her to free him, on a post flanked by two winged sphinxes wearing a plume.
On a rectangular base, slightly protuding in the centre, decorated with a frieze, on corolla-shaped feet.
The enamelled dial signed Armingaud L'Aîné in Paris.
Period: early 19th century
Dimensions : h : 54 cm – l : 40,5 cm – p : 15 cm
A pendulum of a similar model is kept at the Palacio Real in Madrid.
A pendulum à la Sauvagette, belonging to the collections of the Museum of Toulouse, presents a dial signed by Armingaud l'Ainé in Paris.