Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
General Keyword
Artist Keyword
Title Keyword
Subject Keyword
Object Type Keyword
Owner Keyword
Control Number Keyword
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
J. W. Fiske Iron Works,
Animal -- Bird
Religion -- Angel
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Knightstown
Fountain
Sculpture
(Fountain), (sculpture).
Artist:
J. W. Fiske Iron Works, founder.
Title:
(Fountain), (sculpture).
Dates:
1920s.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast iron, painted; Base: cast iron; Basin: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 7 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 20 ft.
Inscription:
(On side of base:) J.W. FISKE/IRON WORKS/NEW YORK unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Cast iron sculpture of five putti grouped around a swan. The neck of the swan is extended skyward and there is a water spout in the swan's mouth. The painted sculpture stands atop a fountain consisting of a shallow round basin atop a column decorated with five-petalled flowers and spear-like leaves. The fountain stands in the center of a round concrete fountain basin. The top of the basin is flush with the surrounding ground and is protected by a wrought iron fence.
Subject:
Animal -- Bird -- Swan
Religion -- Angel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Knightstown
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Glen Cove Cemetery Association, Highway 109, Knightstown, Indiana 46148
Remarks:
The fountain was given by Mrs. Sadler, who left funds for it in her will, which was settled in 1922.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS IN001089
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
IN001089
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact
Login
Help
