Neptune Fountain

Location: London, England

The drinking fountain attached to a pillar in Kew Gardens featuring a mask of Neptune and a mermaid is believed to have been installed in 1859.

A newspaper article reported the following: DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR KEW GARDENS. A drinking fountain or two for those splendid and extensive pleasure grounds for the people, are now, from the very great numbers flocking to them, very much required. Till such a needful want is supplied, a delicious glass of pure spring water may be had (gratis) by all visitors, of the official attendant in livery in charge of the lower room of the new Museum, opposite the Palm House in the Botanic Gardens.

Unfortunately I have been unable to discover any information related to the manufacturer of this model.

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Deer Park Spring Fountain

Deer Park Spring is located in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Each of the 17 springs in the area is naturally carbonated, and each one has a unique flavor due to different minerals.

Hundreds of years ago, the Iroquois Indians frequented the area to hunt animals attracted to the minerals in the water. The Iroquois who bathed and drank the waters soon celebrated its healing powers as did the 19^th century Settlers, and Saratoga Springs became a popular destination of the wealthy in the early 20^th century.

Water is dispensed from a vein in the Congress Spring and is pumped to the Deer Park Spring Fountain named after the former Deer Park Lodge, a popular attraction that housed tame deer.

This cast iron fountain was erected in 1873 and is design number 48 manufactured by Andrew Handyside, an English iron foundry. The structure is a cylindrical column with attic base surrounded by six Corinthian columns. The highly decorative volutes support a cupola with Neptune mask frieze and a cornice with star detail. The finial is a putto holding a globe lamp above his head. The font is a raised basin into which a tap pours water. A globe lamp illuminates the interior.

Glossary

• Acroter, a flat base
• Attic base, A column base with two rings
• Corinthian, A fluted shaft with flowers and leaves at the capital
• Cornice, A molding or ornamentation that projects from the top of a building
• Cupola, A small, domed structure on top of a roof
• Finial, A sculptured ornament fixed to the top of a peak, arch, gable or similar structure
• Frieze, The horizontal part of a classical entablature just below the cornice, often decorated with carvings
• Putto, A figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually nude
• Volute, a spiral scroll-like ornament found in the capital of a column

 

Deer Park Spring Fountain Source:http://www.saratogaspringsvisitorcenter.com/about-saratoga-springs/history-of-saratoga

Deer Park Spring Fountain Source: http://studiohourglass.blogspot.ca/2012/07/saving-springs-of-saratoga.html

Deer Park Spring Fountain Source: http://thehappyrawkitchen.blogspot.ca/2010/09/saratoga-springs-and-something-sweet.html

Deer Park Spring Fountain

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http://www.saratoga.com/business/deer-park-spring-10171/

http://studiohourglass.blogspot.ca/2012/07/saving-springs-of-saratoga.html

http://thehappyrawkitchen.blogspot.ca/2010/09/saratoga-springs-and-something-sweet.html