The Cupid and Psyche clock and the console table with four caryatids and reliefs featuring subjects from the myth of Cupid and Psyche taken from the Metamorphoses by Apuleius (2nd century A.D.) form an exceptionally beautiful ensemble. The clock has a high base of veined green marble on which the figures of Cupid and Psyche, worked in bronze with the dark, almost black patina that was a customary hallmark of Thomire's work, rise in a classical pyramid. It is superbly set off by the gleam of gilded bronze. Psyche is depicted seated on a gold ancient couch; Cupid alongside reaches out his hands to her. On the base, together with the clock face, are reliefs of Cupid Leaving Psyche, Psyche with the Lamp and Sleeping Cupid and two reliefs showing Psyche attempting suicide. The table with four majestic caryatids of matte gilded bronze provides a magnificent pedestal for the clock. The subjects of its bronze decoration are also linked with the story of the love of Cupid and Psyche. The caryatids support a mahogany base covered with gilded bronze reliefs: Wedding Feast of the Gods, Cupid Telling Jupiter the Story of His Love and Cupid Bringing Psyche Back to Life with a Prick from His Arrow. The reliefs are linked by chains of four dancing nymphs depicted "the endless course of the hours"; while the sides of the base carry a torch and moth - symbols of Cupid and Psyche. The four caryatids, embodying the fours seasons, were produced from a single model. This ensemble, created by Thomire in 1799, adorned Paul I's Large Throne Room in the Mikhailovsky Castle.