Live Auction 8011The Gothick Pavilion - A Private Collection from Belgravia
A LARGE LEAD FOUNTAIN
Lot 161

A LARGE LEAD FOUNTAIN

20TH CENTURY

Closed26 January 2011

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GBP 6,875

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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

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Sussex, 21-22 May 1996, lot 471.

Specialist note

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.