Table Fountain
Unknown Artist
c. 1320–40
Medium
gilt-silver and translucent enamels
Dimensions
31.1 × 24.1 × 26 cm · w. 2.2 cm, l. 3.8 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1924.859
About this artwork
Conceptually and stylistically, this object is beyond all else a piece of Gothic architecture in miniature with vaults, pinnacles, columns, and traceried arches. Though the artist who created it is unknown, he was unquestionably inspired by the great Gothic buildings of his time. The table fountain is a three-tiered assembly combining cast elements with bent sheets of gilt-silver. To these have been attached a series of enamel plaques representing grotesque figures, some of which play musical in...