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    		• J.L. Mott Iron Works,
     
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    		• Vermont Castings,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Architecture exterior -- Detail
     
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    		• Animal -- Goat
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- St. Johnsbury
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Gargoyle Octagon Pan with Vase Bearer, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    J.L. Mott Iron Works, founder.
    Vermont Castings, founder.
    Title: 
    Gargoyle Octagon Pan with Vase Bearer, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Fountain in Arnold Park, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1891. Installed Sept. 1891. Recast 1985.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted cast iron on a concrete base.
    Dimensions: 
    Vase bearer: approx. H 4 ft. 7 in.; Basin: Diam. 11 ft. 6 in.
    Description: 
    A single-tiered fountain topped with a female figure. On the outer edges of the fountain tier are several goat's heads which serve as spouts bringing water to the basin below. Water also comes out of the vase held up by the figure.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Object -- Other -- Vase
    Architecture exterior -- Detail -- Gargoyle
    Animal -- Goat
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- St. Johnsbury
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of St. Johnsbury, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819
    Located Arnold Park, North end of Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819
    Remarks: 
    In 1891, citizen subscriptions raised $400.00 for the purchase of the work from Mott Iron Works, New York through Wilder, Noyes & Co. Sometime prior to 1988, the fountain was toppled by a car. The pieces were then taken to Vermont Castings to be recast and a missing ram's head replaced. The female figure was set on display in the local bank to raise funds for the recasting which cost $8,000. IAS files contain a copy of the article from the St. Johnsbury Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT), Sept. 17, 1891, pg. 1. IAS files also contain an undated historical postcard.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1992.
    St. Johnsbury Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT), Sept. 1891, pg. 1.
    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 VT000193
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