Pierre Millot was a successful horloger who supplied clocks for the grand Salon of the château de la Muette in 1764 and for the Académie Royale des Sciences in 1762. Related clocks with the figures of Cupid and Psyche are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, pp. 246-248, figs. 4.6.6 - 4.6.12.