Fountains

This timeless beautiful Italian classical double sink is cut from one single block of marble, the design has not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in with old and new buildings. It also makes an excellent outdoor water fountain...

Large zinc fountain with life-size representation of Venus (h: 155cm) on stylized rock base with fountain wreath. The fountain was made 1880 by J. L. Mott Iron...

This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...

Ingenious copper fountain / water feature, solid copper construction, Modernist design Artisan made, hand executed. Sculpture in motion, great for garden, or indoor space.

Stone Trough overall dimensions: APPROX - 47”W x 28”D x 22.25”H Beautiful texture and patina.

Wall fountain with hexagonal basin rim and high back wall with volute decoration and central mascaron as gargoyle. Bluestone, hand carved.

Massive and rare concrete fountain by Willy Guhl for Eternit. Fabricated out of three pieces of cement. Large basin on both ends with hollow cylinder conn...

Antique Wellhead of Bluestone overall dimensions: APPROX - 29.5”W x 27”D X 22.5”H opening: 18.5" DIA Beautiful texture and patina

Wall fountain with small basin with profiled wall and segmental top with shell decoration.

A Period Antique Double Sink with superb proportion and period detailing made in Carrara marble Circa 1850 Width 53.5" cm 136 Depth 22" ...

Spanish Marble Shell Hand-Carved

Round marble fountain basin on conical shaft and square plinth and discreet leaf frieze on the tulip-shaped wall.

This 19th century antique cast iron statue fountain. Fantastic, vibrant patina with traces of ancient paint.

Large wall fountain made of Pietra di Vicenza with rectangular basin and curved back wall with volute decoration and central cartouche. Basin Heigh...

Early 20th Century Urban Cast Iron Fountain with a low-lying sink. It comprises a column that supports a square structure and presents, on each face, a semicircular profile crowned w...

fleurdetroit presents for your consideration, this refined and delicate, iron birdbath with its wonderful cast motifs. It is the perfect accent for any g...

Hand carved stone container fountain trough basin planter antique farm sink LA. Late 17th early 18th century small water fountain basin of hand carve...

A beautifully sized antique and reclaimed stone sink, with drain hole at back. Concrete patched / repairs can be seen to the perimeter walls of th...

Here we offer a hand carved limestone central fountain with two brass down spouts. This fountain has a large, deep basin and will provide th...

Large courtly fountain out of handcut and hand carved marble in a neoclassical style. The three graces surround the central column, above is another basin with waterspouts in the sha...

This hand carved wall fountain features a rectangular basin and originates from France. Measurements: 87'' H x 22'' D x 54'' W.

Fantastic one of a kind 19th century Italian majolica cistern with foliage decoration. Originally used to hold water, there are two holes in the botto...

Antique Holy water self standing stoup from Siena Toscana. Original preghiera della ceramica from the 1900 s. Base Diameter is 13.5.

3-1125 English small boy cast stone fountain, 1920's.

19th century water fountain basin of hand carved stone container. this trough could be installed with a simple bronze metal spout or a carved stone fountain head, we have many options of them, in order to create a charming garden water fountain. A nice size stone trough from Provence. The centuries left its marks on this container and a very nice patina. Installed will be the focal point of any landscape design laid on gravel or mounted as a kitchen Farm sink...

A Classical garden fountain offers painted cast stone construction with young boy over tiered fountain with tiered shell form bowls raised on reeded Doric columns, 20th century. Mea...

Carved marble fountain plaque with Italian archaic face. Provenance: By Repute, Astor's Ferncliff, Rhinebeck, New York.

The smallest version of the Genesi fountain series is capable of creating a calming and relaxing corner in any interior with its mourmoring waterfalls. Three Raku elements stand in ...

A beautiful Sculpture hand carved fountain head of probably Hercules. It could be installed with a simple water spout or as is. You can pair it with a stone trough basin to create a ...

Cascading hand-carved and hand-polished amethyst, rose quartz and rock crystal fountain. The design consists of beautifully hand-carved rose quartz flower...

A grey and red marble birdbath. It rests on a shaft in the form of a ringed column. The capital of water leaves is in patinated bronze. The round basin wit...

18th century water fountain Lavoir basin Tub of hand carved stone. This trough could be installed with a simple bronze spout or a carved stone fountain head, we have many options of ...

Fabulous wall fountain or planter in aluminum. Cast lions Head and Patterson London 1893. Lots of patina on this one, peeling white paint. In excellent vinta...

Pair of French figural cherub form lead fountains riding on turtle, Mid-19th century. Fountains are plumed for the garden or pond.

Massive and rare concrete fountain by Willy Guhl for Eternit. Fabricated out of three pieces of cement. Large basin on both ends with hollow cylinder conn...

Extraordinary Lavabo depicting urn ornated with garlands & dolphins. Having a pewter basin and the cabinet complete with faux marble grey. The two sides a...

Gorgeous Swiss Fountain dating back to the early 1800s.

With a arched back panel with cherub pouring water from an urn surrounded by cattails over a basin with shaped rim and gadrooned underside supported on a carved dolphin form support ...

A spectacular antique lead Crane fountain from a famous New Jersey Estate. I believe it was purchased in Italy in the late 1940s early 50s. The Fort Lee...

A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The intricately carved marble relief circular wellhead depicting carved figures of dancing and cheerful children (Putti) among vines, flowers and fruits, dancing and playing musical instruments with a backdrop of castles, landscapes, forests and wreaths, Florence, circa, 1900. Literature: A similar wellhead was sold by Jan's & Co. Fine French Antiques, Inc. in 1999, provenance the Atkinson/Kirkeby Estate and it is illustrated in "The Estates of Beverly Hills" by Charles Lockwood and Jeff-Hyland, page 150. Another similar is currently on display at the gardens of "The Elms" mansion a public museum part of the Newport Mansions by The Preservation Society of Newport County in Newport, Rhode Island. Yet another similar wellhead carved with frolicking putti with musical instruments and a dentil molded rim is located at Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and is illustrated in B. Israel, Antique Garden Ornament...

This large central fountain originates from France. Measurements: Center column: 32'' D x 94'' H / Base: 96'' D x 20'' H.

Marble fountain designed by Matteo Thun. Size: Ø cm. 39 x 100 H Materials: Bardiglio Imperiale + Grigio Oliva+Nero Marquina Designed by: Matteo Thun.

English figural lead fountain with a young man blowing a conch shell while standing on a rocky plinth. Fountain is in working condition, Mid-19th century.

Marble fontain "Fontana" designed by Arch. Achille Castiglioni. Size: ø cm. 180 x 43 x 190 H Materials: Bardiglio Imperiale+ Bianco Carrara Designed by: Achille Castiglioni.

Sea monster Carrara marble mouth fountain Italy, late 16th century It measures 13.8 x 31.5 x 18.9 in (35 x 80 x 48 cm) State of conservation: some small evident gaps and widespread signs of wear due to outdoor exposure. The gray marks crossing it do not come from restoration, but are rather the natural veins of the marble. This work has some morphological characteristics typically associated with the iconography of the sea monster: an elongated muzzle, sharp teeth, protruding eyes, elongated ears, and a coiled serpent's tail. An in-depth series of studies on artistic depictions of the sea monster attempted to verify how this symbol evolved in antiquity in the European and Mediterranean contexts and how it gradually changed its image and function over time. The iconography itself is mutable and imaginative and its history is rich with cultural and artistic exchange, as well as the overlapping of ideas. This occurred so much that it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the "types" that satisfactorily represent its various developments. However, we can try to summarize the main figures, starting from the biblical Leviathan and the marine creature that swallowed Jonah (in the Christian version, this figure was to become a whale or a "big fish", the “ketos mega”, translation of the Hebrew “dag gadol”). Other specimens ranged from the dragons mentioned in the Iliad (which were winged and had legs) to "ketos” (also from Greek mythology), the terrifying being from whose Latinized name (“cetus”) derives the word "cetacean". See J. Boardman, “Very Like a Whale” - Classical Sea Monsters, in Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, in Papers presented in Honor of Edith Porada, Mainz am Rhein 1987, pp. 73-84). In Italy the monster underwent yet further variations: it can be found in Etruscan art on the front of some sarcophagi representing the companion of souls, while among the Romans we find the “Pistrice” (cited by Plinio in Naturalis Historia PLIN., Nat., II 9, 8 and by Virgilio in Eneide: VERG., Aen., III, 427), which appeared in the shape of a stylized hippocampus or a very large monstrous cetacean and evolved into a hideous being with a dragon's head and long webbed fins. During the Middle Ages, the sea monster was the object of new transformations: at this time, it is often winged, the head is stretched like a crocodile, the front legs are often very sharp fins - sometimes real paws - until the image merges with dragons, the typical figures of medieval visionary spirituality widely found throughout Europe (on this topic and much more, see: Baltrušaitis, J., Il Medioevo fantastico. Antichità ed esotismi nell’arte gotica, Gli Adelphi 1997). In Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, the revival of classicism - representative of the humanistic and Renaissance periods - led to a different reading of these "creatures". Indeed, the sea monster was also to find widespread use as an isolated decorative motif, especially in numerous fountains and sculptures where dolphins or sea monsters were used as a characterizing element linked to water (on this theme see: Chet Van Duzer, Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, London, The British library, 2013). From the morphological point of view, the "sea monsters" of this period are mostly depicted as hybrid figures, in which the body of a mythological or real being (a hippocampus, a sea snake, a dolphin), is joined to a head with a rather indistinct appearance. It was usually characterized by large upright ears, an elongated snout, sharp teeth and globular, protruding eyes; a complex and indefinite figure, both from the symbolic point of view and from that of its genesis. The work we are examining is placed as a cross between the medieval sea serpent and the Renaissance dolphin, with stylistic features which recall the snake as often used in heraldry (such as the "snake" depicted in the coat of arms of the Visconti - the lords and then dukes of Milan between 1277 and 1447 - and which, for some, may be derived from the representations of the “Pistrice” that swallowed Jonah). In the search for sources, Renaissance cartography and in particular woodcuts should not be neglected. See for example the monsters of Olaus Magnus, from the editions of the “Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus” (“History of the peoples of the north”) and the natural histories of Conrad Gesner, Ulisse...

A rare early 18th century Italian wall fountain.

Naively executed water fontaine figurine/top in patinated copper. Its a piece unique made by an anonymous Danish sculptor/artist during the 1970s. When we found it was displayed as a...

Heavy cast iron Putti Fountain for exterior or interior use. Black painted arch shaped top with high relief decoration of two putti pouring from a vessel as the fountain spout. Foliate decorated borders and a shell and floral crest. The shaped lower part with openwork foliate top. Working condition is unknown. H. 62", W. 32", Depth 24" Condition: The water spigot...

Beautiful well dating back to the 1600s. Item originates from France.

A very impressive large scale English garden fountain. This was reclaimed from a park in Rochdale. This fountain has been hand carved from red coloured sandstone.   Measures: Largest bowl...

A very stunning 17th century - Louis XIV period Fountain Head - in the form of a lion. Beautifully crafted in cast iron - now resting on its stand. A striking accent piece for any bo...

This hand carved limestone wall fountain displays a lion head with its mouth drilled for a water exit. This simple fountain has a Classic shape to the back plate and nice movement on...

Victorian neoclassical style cast iron fountain with a woman standing next to an urn that is tipping slightly as well as two identical putti, each seated atop a spherical plinth. Wat...

This monumental finely carved limestone fountain is composed a three levels. The first tiered with three amazing horse statues, the others adorned with lion heads ending with a putt...

Beautiful antique well from the 19th century! One side of this well is not original, but we have found a very nice alternative that fits exactly with the whole!

Here we have a hand carved limestone wall fountain from France with a shell design and semi-circular basin on a stand. Similar to out "L Donne" fountain, this one stands taller but features a smaller...

Fountain believed to be from from Turkey or Greece, 19th century and 20th century elements. The fountain is in working condition. replaced with modern marble carving elements to spou...

A 19th-century unique pair of Rococo style consoles with putti heads. Carved from plaster and painted in polychrome. The consoles are open from the rear and the top. Most likely th...