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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. <br>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 instruments. Water wheels and bells were added to capture motion and sound. <br>The rich detail, precious materials, and involved ornamentation of this deluxe object suggest it would have been expensive to produce and highly treasured by its original owner, someone of high status, and would have been deployed as an object of spectacle. This is the most complete example of its type known to survive from the Middle Ages. Medieval inventories reveal that small fountains like this, often taking various forms, and generally made from precious metals, once existed in large numbers, thus making the Cleveland table fountain an extremely rare object.

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Table Fountain

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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 instruments. Water wheels and bells were added to capture motion and sound. The rich detail, precious materials, and involved ornamentation of this deluxe object suggest it would have been expensive to produce and highly treasured by its original owner, someone of high status, and would have been deployed as an object of spectacle. This is the most complete example of its type known to survive from the Middle Ages. Medieval inventories reveal that small fountains like this, often taking various forms, and generally made from precious metals, once existed in large numbers, thus making the Cleveland table fountain an extremely rare object.

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c. 1320–40

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.859

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Overall: 33.8 x 25.4 x 26 cm (13 5/16 x 10 x 10 1/4 in.)

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France, Paris

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1924.859

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Table Fountain, c. 1320–40. France, Paris. Gilt-silver and translucent enamels; overall: 33.8 x 25.4 x 26 cm (13 5/16 x 10 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1924.859

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MED - Gothic

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This fountain with its minute architectural details and finely made enamel plaques displayed the wealth and refinement of the owner as it entertained his guests. Imagine hearing the ringing of the tiny bells when this fountain was in use.

citations

citation

Milliken, William M. "A Table Fountain of the Fourteenth Century." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 12, no. 3 (1925).

page_number

pp. 36-39

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093719

citation

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.

page_number

Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 16

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n18

citation

Milliken, William M. "In Memoriam: Jeptha Homer Wade." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 13, no. 4 (1926)

page_number

p. 75

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25136919

citation

Milliken, William M. “Early Enamels in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Connoisseur 76 (October 1926).

page_number

pp. 69-70

citation

Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst von. The Clock of Philip the Good of Burgundy. Leipzig: W. Diebener g.m.b.h, 1927.

page_number

p. 39, figs. 35-36

citation

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 18

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n22

citation

Milliken, William Mathewson. The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [New York]: [The Art news], 1936.

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Cat. No. 15

citation

Henry S Francis, "A Gothic Table Fountain and an Engraved Design for on by the Master [W with a Key]" The Print Collector's Quarterly (April, 1939).

citation

Francis, Henry S. "A Gothic Fountain Design by the Goldsmith-Engraver Monogrammist [Unrepresentable Symbol]." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 7 (1939).

page_number

p. 118, 120

citation

Stites, Raymond S. The Arts and Man. New York: Whittlesey House, 1940.

page_number

p. 445, fig. 369

citation

Milliken, William. "Silver Jubilee Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no.6 (June 1941): 88-108

page_number

Mentioned: p. 90

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140932

citation

N. M. Penzer, "The Great Wine Coolers -- II," Apollo LXVI, no. 391 (September, 1957).

page_number

pp. 40-41, fig II

citation

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

page_number

Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 179

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n43

citation

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962. 1962.

citation

"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963).

page_number

No. 33, p. 175

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960

citation

Harry Bober, "Medieval Art and Cleveland," Apollo LXXVII, no. 22 (1963).

citation

Silvio A. Bedini, "The Role of Automata in the History of Technology, " Technology and Culture V (Winter, 1964).

page_number

p. 33, fig. 7

citation

Colin Eisler, "Le gothique international," Art de France IV (1964).

page_number

pp. 288-90

citation

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 63

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n87

citation

Joseph Alsop, "Treasures of The Cleveland Museum of Art," Art in America (May-June, 1966).

page_number

p. 36

citation

Cleveland Museum of Art. Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. 1967.

page_number

No. 99

citation

Cleveland Museum of Art. Treasures from Medieval France: A Summary Catalogue of the Exhibition. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.

page_number

Cat. No. VI 18, pp. 250-51, 376

citation

Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: p. 250-251; cat. no. VI-18

url

https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n277

citation

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 63

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n87

citation

Munro, Thomas. Form and Style in the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetic Morphology. Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970.

page_number

fig. 18

citation

Hernmarck, Carl. The Art of the European Silversmith, 1430-1830. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977.

page_number

p. 100, pl. 271

citation

Impey, O. R. Chinoiserie: The Impact of Oriental Styles on Western Art and Decoration. London: Oxford University Press, 1977.

page_number

p.178, fig. 203

citation

Miller, Naomi. French Renaissance Fountains. New York: Garland Pub, 1977.

page_number

pp. 33, 347, No. 8, footnotes 11-12

citation

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 71

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n91

citation

Lightbown, R. W. Secular Goldsmiths' Work in Medieval France: A History. London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 1978.

page_number

p. 48-51

citation

Donzet, Bruno, and Christian Siret. Les Fastes du gothique: le siècle de Charles V : Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 9 octobre 1981-1er février 1982. [Paris]: Ministère de la culture, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1981.

page_number

Cat. No. 191, pp. 236-38

citation

Dombi, Istvan, Bernd Höfler, and Ingrid Loschek. Bruckmann's Silber-Lexikon. München: Bruckmann, 1982.

page_number

p. 290

citation

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture, and Elisabeth B. MacDougall. Medieval Gardens. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1986.

page_number

p. 144

citation

Patrick M. De Winter, "Castles and Town Residences of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404), Artibus et historiae No. 8 (1983).

page_number

p. 117

citation

Truman, Charles. Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Silver. London: Conran Octopus, 1993.

page_number

p. 53

citation

Chastel, André. French Art. Paris: Flammarion, 1994.

page_number

p. 315

citation

Richter, Rainer. "Between Original and Imitation: Four Technical Studies in Basse-Taille Enameling and Re-Enameling of the Historicism Period." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 7 (1994): 222-51.

page_number

Reproduced: cover, p. 222, 234-35; Mentioned: p. 222-52

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161461

citation

Daston, Lorraine, and Katharine Park. Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750. New York: Zone Books, 1998.

page_number

p. 99, Fig. 2.10

citation

Kemp, Martin. The Oxford History of Western Art. 2000.

page_number

No. 237, p. 168

citation

May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.

page_number

pp. 27 & 116

citation

Fliegel, Stephen N. "The Cleveland Table Fountain and Gothic Automata." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 7 (2002).

page_number

pp. 6-49

url

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079718

citation

Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie. Paris: City of Art. New York: Vendome, 2003.

page_number

p. 119

citation

Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthélémy. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Musée Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005. [Dijon]: Musée des beaux-arts, 2004.

page_number

Cat. No. 26, p. 87

citation

Fliegel, Stephen. "Patronage and the Burgundian Court, 1364-1419" The Magazine Antiques (October 2004).

page_number

p. 142-51, pl. III

citation

Bernstein, Bernard. The Fifteenth Century Arles Torah Crown Contract: A Twenty-First Century Silversmith's Interpretation. [New York]: B. Bernstein, 2005.

page_number

p. 31, fig. 5

citation

Nys, Wim. Zilver uit Antwerpen = Argenterie d'Anvers = Silber aus Antwerpen = Silver from Antwerp. Antwerp: Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, 2006.

page_number

p. 120

citation

Rowland-Jones, Anthony. "Iconography in the history of the recorder up to 1430-Part 2". Early Music XXXIV, no. 1 (2006).

page_number

p. 12, fig. 12

citation

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: P. 190-193, no. 68

citation

Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007.

page_number

Cat. No. 72, p. 198-199

citation

Piña, Leslie A. Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010.

page_number

pp. 3, 25

citation

Caskey, Jill, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran. Confronting the Borders of Medieval Art. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill, 2011.

page_number

p. 176, fig. 4

citation

Anderson, Maxwell Lincoln. The Quality Instinct: Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye. Washington, DC: AAM Press, American Association of Museums, 2012.

page_number

p. 32-33

citation

Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.

page_number

pp. 116-7

citation

Fliegel, Stephen N. "Medieval Masterpieces." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 52, no. 4 (July/August 2012): 13-15.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: p. 14

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2012-04/page/12/mode/2up

citation

Kirkham, Pat, and Susan Weber. History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000. 2013.

page_number

p. 92, Fig. 5.10

citation

Conference "The splendour of Burgundy.", Wim Blockmans, and Anne van Oosterwijk. Staging the Court of Burgundy: Proceedings of the Conference "The Splendour of Burgundy". Turnhout: Brepols, 2013.

page_number

Fig. 20, p. 136

citation

Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: P. 269

citation

“A Walking Tour: The entire new museum wing by wing, with curators calling out a few favorite works in the collection.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 1 (January/February 2014): 8-33.

page_number

Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 13

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01

citation

Normore, Christina. A Feast for the Eyes: Art, Performance, and the Late Medieval Banquet. Chicago: Univesity of Chicago Press, [2015].

page_number

Mentioned: p. 28-31; Reproduced: p. 29, fig. 3

citation

Fliegel, Stephen N., and Elina Gertsman. Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; London: In association with D Giles Limited, [2016].

page_number

Reproduced: p. 92, plate 1

citation

Bagnoli, Martina. "Sensual Awakenings." In A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe, edited by Martina Bagnoli. Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, 2016.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 14

citation

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: p. 15, p. 62-64

citation

Fliegel, Stephen N. “Myth and Mystique: A fresh look at the museum’s captivating Gothic table fountain.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 5 (September/October 2016): 10-12.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 10; Mentioned: p. 11-12

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-05

citation

"Exhibitions." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 6 (November/December 2016): 4.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 4

url

https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-06

citation

Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

page_number

Mentioned: p. 146-149; Reproduced: p. 147

citation

Freundeskreis des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Hommage: Renate Eikelmann. München: Sieveking Verlag, 2018.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 38

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Kessler, Herbert L . Experiencing Medieval Art. Toronto; Buffalo ;London: University of Toronto Press, 2019.

page_number

Reproduced: p. 182, fig. 64

citation

Cordez, Philippe. "Musique et Jouvence au Royaume de France: Le Roman de Fauvel et la Fountaine de Cleveland (Pairs, vers 1320)," Object Studies in Art History Vol. 3 (2020)

page_number

pp. 17-39

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Bernasconi, Gianenrico, and Susanne Thürigen. Material histories of time: objects and practices, 14th-19th centuries. 2020.

page_number

Reproduced; pp. 18, 21, 31, fig. 1. Mentioned: pp. 17-39

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Bock, Nicolas, and Michele Tomasi. Art et économie en France et en Italie au XIVe siècle: prix, valeurs, carrières. 2020, 124.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: p. 124, Fig. 4.

citation

Gertsman, Elina, and Stephen N. Fliegel. Collectors, Commissioners, Curators: Studies in Medieval Art for Stephen N. Fliegel. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter ; [Kalamazoo, Michigan] : Medieval Institute Publications, 2023.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 1-2, Fig. 0.1.

citation

Filson, Lily V. Renaissance Automata of the Villa Pratolino: Magic, Mechanics, and Medici Ambition. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025.

page_number

Mentioned and reproduced: p. 218-219, fig. 4.6

url

https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.859

creditline

Gift of J. H. Wade

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Table Fountain

ID: 106841
Type: object
Date: c. 1320–40
Dimensions: Overall: 33.8 x 25.4 x 26 cm (13 5/16 x 10 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.859

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tombstone	Table Fountain, c. 1320–40. France, Paris. Gilt-silver and translucent enamels; overall: 33.8 x 25.4 x 26 cm (13 5/16 x 10 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1924.859
collection	MED - Gothic
didYouKnow	This fountain with its minute architectural details and finely made enamel plaques displayed the wealth and refinement of the owner as it entertained his guests. Imagine hearing the ringing of the tiny bells when this fountain was in use.
citations	citation Milliken, William M. "A Table Fountain of the Fourteenth Century." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 12, no. 3 (1925). page_number pp. 36-39 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093719 citation The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. page_number Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 16 url https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n18 citation Milliken, William M. "In Memoriam: Jeptha Homer Wade." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 13, no. 4 (1926) page_number p. 75 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/25136919 citation Milliken, William M. “Early Enamels in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Connoisseur </em>76 (October 1926). page_number pp. 69-70 citation Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst von. <em>The Clock of Philip the Good of Burgundy.</em> Leipzig: W. Diebener g.m.b.h, 1927. page_number p. 39, figs. 35-36 citation The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page_number Reproduced: p. 18 url https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n22 citation Milliken, William Mathewson. <em>The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [New York]: [The Art news], 1936. page_number Cat. No. 15 citation Henry S Francis, "A Gothic Table Fountain and an Engraved Design for on by the Master [W with a Key]" <em>The Print Collector's Quarterly</em> (April, 1939). citation Francis, Henry S. "A Gothic Fountain Design by the Goldsmith-Engraver Monogrammist [Unrepresentable Symbol]." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 26, no. 7 (1939). page_number p. 118, 120 citation Stites, Raymond S.<em> The Arts and Man</em>. New York: Whittlesey House, 1940. page_number p. 445, fig. 369 citation Milliken, William. 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Penzer, "The Great Wine Coolers -- II," <em>Apollo </em>LXVI, no. 391 (September, 1957). page_number pp. 40-41, fig II citation The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page_number Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 179 url https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n43 citation Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). <em>The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400</em>; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962. 1962. citation "Gothic Art 1360-1440." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 7 (1963). page_number No. 33, p. 175 url https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960 citation Harry Bober, "Medieval Art and Cleveland," <em>Apollo </em>LXXVII, no. 22 (1963). citation Silvio A. Bedini, "The Role of Automata in the History of Technology, " <em>Technology and Culture</em> V (Winter, 1964). page_number p. 33, fig. 7 citation Colin Eisler, "Le gothique international," Art de France IV (1964). page_number pp. 288-90 citation The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page_number Reproduced: p. 63 url https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n87 citation Joseph Alsop, "Treasures of The Cleveland Museum of Art," <em>Art in America </em>(May-June, 1966). page_number p. 36 citation Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 1967. page_number No. 99 citation Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Treasures from Medieval France: A Summary Catalogue of the Exhibition</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. page_number Cat. No. VI 18, pp. 250-51, 376 citation Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France.</em> [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. page_number Mentioned and reproduced: p. 250-251; cat. no. VI-18 url https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n277 citation The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page_number Reproduced: p. 63 url https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n87 citation Munro, Thomas. <em>Form and Style in the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetic Morphology</em>. Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. page_number fig. 18 citation Hernmarck, Carl. <em>The Art of the European Silversmith, 1430-1830.</em> London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977. page_number p. 100, pl. 271 citation Impey, O. 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