surmounted by Fortuna with a scarf in her left hand, she is seated on a winged globe, clock housing with gilt rocailles and turquoise reeds, to one side a tree in flower, before which hovering winged Cupid with floral tendrils in his hands, on base winged Chronos walking, to one side a seated swan, gilt-accented rocailles socle covered in polychrome flowers, porcelain, polychrome and gilt group, clock housing with black numerals and white clock face, inscribed Baillon, glazed cover with spring lock, clockwork marked J. Baptiste Baillon à Paris, no. 2885, inscribed, height 49 cm, some restoration, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark circa 1760, model by J. J. Kändler circa 1750 (Ru)

Consignment Finanzamt Wien (Vienna’s tax authority)
This lot is sold in the name and for the account of the Finanzamt Wien (Vienna’s tax authority).
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Fortuna, Roman goddess of fate and fortune often depicted with wings. For the ancient Greeks, Chronos was the personification of time, being confused even from an early period with Kronos, titan of Greek mythology, due to the similarity in their names. In ancient times, the swan was considered a holy bird belonging to Apollo.