Fountain and basin
Object type: Table fountain
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Meissen
Artist: Johann Gottlieb Kirchner|Meissen Manufactory
Artist bio: German, Merseburg 1706–after 1738 Berlin, active at Meissen 1727–28 and 1731–33|German, 1710–present
Artist role: Modeler|Manufactory
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: ca. 1727–32
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold; silver spout
Dimensions: Overall (assembled confirmed): 24 1/2 x 18 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. (62.2 x 46 x 41.9 cm); Other (54.147.65 a (fountain)): 13 1/4in. (33.7cm); Other (54.147.65 b (plinth)): 11 5/16 x 10in. (28.7 x 25.4cm); Other (basin confirmed): 3 1/8 x 18 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (7.9 x 46.7 x 34.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
Accession year: 1954
Tags: Fountains