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Photograph, Sali Cleve drinking fountain St Kilda - images collection, c. 1991

  • A tall stone ionic column on a square pedestal that has a tap on each side. Under each tap is a granite basin decorated with a bronze scallop shell. At the top of the column is a bronze sculpture of a sailing ship. There are metal decorations on the column.

    Full view of fountain

  • A bronze sculpture of a sailing ship sits on the scrolls on top of an ionic column. There are metal decorations on the column.

    Top of fountain

  • Metal plaque attached to base of granite pedestal. Raised letters on the plaque read 'This dining fountain is a gift to the public from Sali Cleve Esq April, 1911'

    Plaque at base

  • A tall stone ionic column on a square pedestal that has a tap on each side. Under each tap is a granite basin decorated with a bronze scallop shell. At the top of the column is a bronze sculpture of a sailing ship. There are metal decorations on the column.
  • A bronze sculpture of a sailing ship sits on the scrolls on top of an ionic column. There are metal decorations on the column.
  • Metal plaque attached to base of granite pedestal. Raised letters on the plaque read 'This dining fountain is a gift to the public from Sali Cleve Esq April, 1911'

Historical information

The drinking fountain is located in Catani Gardens, St Kilda. It was a gift to the City of St Kilda by Sali Cleve, a prominent local resident. It has aesthetic significance as a rare example of the Beaux-Arts style and is the only known public piece in bronze by noted architectural designer and artist Charles Adam Irwin.

Physical description

colour photograph, unmounted, good condition

Inscriptions & markings

This Drinking Fountain is a Gift to the Public From Sali.Cleve.Esq. April, 1911

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