Lot 1386
1386
A VENETIAN ISTRIAN STONE WELL HEAD, with a square moulded cornice with rope-twist band, the circular body carved with four acanthus scrolls, interspersed by two shields and a pair of urns, on octagonal raised base (damages; losses), probably 14th/15th century

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A VENETIAN ISTRIAN STONE WELL HEAD, with a square moulded cornice with rope-twist band, the circular body carved with four acanthus scrolls, interspersed by two shields and a pair of urns, on octagonal raised base (damages; losses), probably 14th/15th century
56in. (142.3cm.) wide, at base; 43¼in. (110cm.) high;
36in. (91.4cm.) x 37in. (94cm.) at top
Provenance
Wiseton Hall, Wiseton, North Nottinghamshire.

Lot Essay

There is a collection of nine well-heads at Hever Castle, Kent, which were the subject of an article by Paul Hetherington in Apollo magazine, March 1985. Some of which are also illustrated in J.P.S. Davis Antique Garden Ornament, Woodbridge, 1991, pp. 238-241.

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