A fantastical lead figural fountain of a faun riding a dolphin
19th Century, English (or possibly Dutch), Provenance by Repute: Buxted Park, East Sussex
the faun leaning back with one of his cloven hoofs resting on the head of the fish and blowing a conch-shell horn, he grasps a trident in his right hand; the dolphin with twin bi-furcated tails raising its mouth, all presented on a naturalistically modelled integral plinth,
POA
This jolly faun could well have originally served as one of a set of four subsidiary fountains to a large estate centre fountain – the group is of this format. We have undertaken restorations as the faun’s arms and the cornucopia were distressed – as were the writhing tails and we have added a trident. The conch shell and the dolphin’s mouth have copper spouts and can be connected to a pump.
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