Table fountains in silver and gilt to impress your future in-laws when they come to lunch. Taking care of making sure the wine is mixed with water, you will never be rude. Or you could fill it with cologne.

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Table fountain. 1638–1641. Partly gilded silver.
Table fountain. 1638–1641. Partly gilded silver. Made in Augsburg, Bavaria (Germany). Melchior Gelb, silverworker. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Fair use license. via https://www.mak.at/en/metal_study_collection?media_id=1342703966017&menu-id=1343388632778
"The Alhambra" table fountain. 1852-53.
“The Alhambra” table fountain, in the motif of a domed Moorish temple sheltering a fountain, with three Arab horses led by two Moors sitting on a hummock covered in small palm trees and figures of animals. Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1851. English. Silver, parcel gilt and enamel. Modeled by Edward Lorenzo Percy and Edmund Cotterill. Image © Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/1569/the-alhambra-table-fountain
Table fountain. ca. 1320-40. Made in Paris, France.
Table fountain. ca. 1320-40. Made in Paris, France. Gilt-silver and translucent enamels. Artist not known. Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.859

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