[1][2][4][5][6][9] Designed by the court architect Kayserili Mehmed Ağa in the rococo architectural style of Ottoman Tulip Period (1703–1757), it is adorned with ornamentation.

[2][5][10] İt features a faucet inside a lancet arch in the middle of each facade over a watering trough to enable for bucket filling, livestock drinking or taking ritual body washing for prayer.

At the top of the corner facades in between the columns, muqarnas, three-dimensional decorations of Islamic architecture, are placed, which transform the octagon plan of the fountain into a square right under the roof.

The inscriptions on three facades are excerpts from verses of three poets, namely the famous Diwan poet Nedîm (1681?–1730), Şakir and Kırımlı Mustafa Rahmi (died 1750),[2][7] while the inscription on the main facade contains verses inspired by both Sultan Ahmed III and his son-in-law, Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730).

[6][8][10] The inscription is written in Jeli Thuluth style of Islamic calligraphy by Sultan Ahmet III himself, who was also a poet and calligrapher.

[4] The construction date of the fountain can be calculated from the inscriptions by the Abjad system, which assigns numerical values to Arabic letters for purposes of numerology.