Lot Essay
The fountain figure is a copy of the figure of Water designed by Henry Hope, who had retail establishments throughout North America, selling a wide variety of lead garden ornaments.
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20TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE LEAD FOUNTAIN
20TH CENTURY
The base of quatrefoil form, each side cast with addorsed dolphins, the centre in the form of a scallop shell supported by addorsed dolphins, surmounted by a putto holding a trident seated on a dolphin, sold dismantled in three elements
72 in. (183 cm.) high; 91 in. (231 cm.) wide
20TH CENTURY
The base of quatrefoil form, each side cast with addorsed dolphins, the centre in the form of a scallop shell supported by addorsed dolphins, surmounted by a putto holding a trident seated on a dolphin, sold dismantled in three elements
72 in. (183 cm.) high; 91 in. (231 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Sussex, 21-22 May 1996, lot 471.
Brought to you by
Victoria von Westenholz
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