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Probasco Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Hannaford, Samuel, sculptor Title:  Probasco Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 9, 1887. Medium:  Fountain: bronze; Basins: granite. Dimensions:  Fountain: approx. H. 120 in.; Lower basin: approx. 30 in. x 208 in. x 120 in. Inscription:  (East side of pedestal on bronze tablet:) HENRY PROBASCO/TO THE/PEOPLE OF CLIFTON/1887/THIRSTY AND YE/GAVE ME DRINK unsigned Description:  A double-basin fountain originally used to water horses with a smaller, polished granite basin supported on a stepped pedestal. A mushroom-shaped bronze cap decorated with a radiating chrysanthemum motif and bronze finial adorns the top. Water spills over the lip of the upper basin to fill the larger basin below. An eight-sided pedestal, decorated with bronze rosettes and eyelets, rises out of the lower basin. Subject:  Object -- Flower -- Chrysanthemum Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Clifton Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Clifton Primary School, 3645 Clifton Avenue, In front, Clifton, Ohio Remarks:  The fountain was donated to the village of Clifton by then-mayor Henry Probasco and formally dedicated by him on July 9, 1887. The fountain was intended to be a drinking fountain for passers-by, horses and dogs. It was installed at what was then the center of the village, near Resor Academy. The fountain was renovated and cleaned in 1974, and lights and new plumbing were installed. IAS files contain excerpts from John Clubbe's "Cincinnati Observed," Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1992, pg. 299, 309; and, G. Giglierano and D. Overmyer's "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati," Cincinnati: Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988, pg. 223. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Giglierano, G. and D. Overmyer, "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati," Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988, pg. 223. 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 OH000483   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000483 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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