An English plaster relief mask of Father Thames,
cast at LASSCO from the Edwardian carved stone original salvaged from the City of London,
the stern demi-god modelled in relief with leafy hair and beard,
£325
This mask can be supplied in composition stone, the mouth drilled for a fountain mask - see 24611
Alexander Pope gives us one of the earliest personifications of London's great river:
"Old Father Thames advanced his reverend head;
His tresses dropp'd with dews, and o'er the stream
His shining horns diffused a golden gleam:
Grav'd on his arm appear'd the moon that guides
His swelling waters and alternate tides:
The figur'd streams in waves of silver roll'd,
And on her banks Augusta rose in gold."
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