Table decorations made of porcelain—such as this symbolic centerpiece in the form of a temple of honor—replaced the sugar or gum tragacanth decorations commonly used at the magnificent banquets of the European courts during the first half of the eighteenth century. This colorful centerpiece was made by the Meissen porcelain manufactory based on a design by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775), who had been working as a court sculptor and modeller in Meissen since 1731. The table decoration probably served as the crowning glory of the dessert course of a courtly wedding banquet.

In the middle of an arbor-like structure made up of several individual pieces, Amor, the god of love, and Psyche, the king’s daughter, join hands in marriage. Juno, the goddess of marriage, accompanies the scene with her attribute, the peacock, and appears in clouds. The centerpiece owes its name to this group of figures. On the baldachin, which is supported by tendril-entwined columns and culminates in a vase-like point, four putti, each representing one of the seasons, allude to the permanence of this union.

The oil painting Le Mariage de Psyché et de l'Amour (1744, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen) by François Boucher (1703–1770), court painter to the French King Louis XV, served as a model for the mythological scene. It was reproduced many times in a copperplate engraving by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (1731–1797). The tender depiction of the gallant figures atmospherically underscores the motif of love, which was a central theme for eighteenth-century Rococo artists in various genres.