Antique French Copper Wall Fountain

19th century Country French fountain with porcelain reservoir and basin is a charming ode to a bygone era! Back before hot and cold running water, it was desirable for family members...

19th century French brass wall fountain ~ Lavabo is a charming relic from a bygone era! Back before the days of ubiquitous running water in every room of the house, folks were obliged to create ingenious solutions like this wall fountain. Such a piece would be placed just outside or inside the back door, so that when it was time to come inside from working in the fields, one could wash hands and face before entering the home. The reservoir above held sufficient water for the task, and the basin below captured the waste water for dumping later via an easily removable hanging system. The cast brass valves...

Antique French Louis XVI mahogany wall desk is ideal as an ancillary desk in the office, or at home in the library, study or as a student's desk! Drawers and cabinets provide the per...

Antique French Renaissance hand-carved wall mirror is a great choice to add Old World ambiance to any room, and with its consistent framework can be mounted vertically or horizontall...

Pair Antique French Louis XV Painted Wall Sconces are the perfect choice to provide timeless elegance to any room! Carved from solid wood by master sculptors, each features the clas...

Pair Antique Italian Rococo Hand-Carved Mirrored Wall Sconces will add flair and panache to any room! Sculpted from solid walnut, each frame exhibits the exuberant presence of the R...

This is a very exceptional piece. In the middle of the 35kg solid bronze tank there's a big rock cristal (30 cm high) which holds an atmospheric light. Originates France, dating ci...

A magnificent medieval Renaissance period architectural holy water font lavabo. Born in a Christian church in Continental Europe during the middle ages, likely Italian 16th or 17th century, exquisitely hand-crafted by a highly skilled artisan, with exceptional craftsmanship, ornate and finely detailed, the rare and one of a kind forged bronze and brass upper presenting with gothic shaped palm frond back, domed lid with tall finial decorated in relief, the fountain reservoir is decorated with central mounted Star of Bethlehem four pointed pentagram star embellishment as well as other applied ormolu adornments, a narrow elongated spigot with valve dispenses the holy water below. A later gilt brass stoop catches the water, the nicely styled, demilune shaped wall mounted antique...

Riverside park: The Splendid Sliver by Edward Grimm. Columbia University Press, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Riverside Park is an illustrated tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted's "other" New York City sanctuary. Since its conception in the 1870s, the park has undergone a number of transformations and suffered from periods of misuse and neglect, but in 1984, much-needed renovations turned this city oasis into what is today one of Manhattan's most beautiful attractions. "If the West Side does not stir you, you are a clod, past redemption."-Robert Moses...

Antique print titled 'Plan de la décoration du Bassin de Neptune à Versailles'. Copper engraving showing parts of the Neptune fountain of Versaill...

Complete and intact French doll mold in solid copper. Very early industrially used mold for production of rubber dolls. You very rarely see the body and head...

The lavabo holds water and was used after Mass for ceremonial washing. Later lavabos were used in gardens to supply water for hand washing.