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Overview
This three-tiered table fountain combines cast elements with bent gilt-silver sheets. Vaults, columns and traceried arches evoke Gothic architecture; translucent enamel plaques carry grotesque figures, including musicians. Water wheels and bells joined motion with sound.
Cleveland interprets it as an expensive spectacle for a wealthy owner, rather than ordinary household equipment. Its maker and original patron remain unidentified. The recorded provenance begins with Paris dealers M. & R. Stora before Cleveland’s acquisition in 1924.
History & identity
Unidentified goldsmith
Sources & representation
Institutional object account.
Selected bibliography
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Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Table Fountain (1924.859)
Undated online publication; manufacture date and record timestamps are separate.
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- Primary institutional object recordTable Fountain — Cleveland Museum of Art 1924.859Research access: 2026-10-21
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