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Fountains For Sale
18th Century Wine and Champagne Cooler in Marble
Located in Beervelde, BE
Original antique wine cooler from the Louis XIV period in Rouge Royal marble. This amazing piece has great measurements. Perfect for a hand washer...
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fountains
Materials
Marble
Antique Bluestone Well Cover, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
This well cover can be used to put on a well. The well cover is in a nice shape and in a good condition.
The well cover looks nice in a garden or also in ...
Category
1860s Belgian Antique Fountains
Materials
Stone
Murano Venetian Glass Water Fountain
Located in New Orleans, LA
An unquestionable masterpiece of Venetian glass artistry, this incredible glass fountain is the rarest and most fascinating form of Murano glass ever created. Masterpieces requiring ...
Category
20th Century Italian Other Fountains
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Wall Fountain
Located in Sheffield, MA
Carved limestone French limestone wall fountain with metal lion face.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fountains
Materials
Limestone, Iron
L. Filippi Abstract Bronze Outdoor Fountain on Granite Base
Located in New York, NY
Modern abstract bronze fountain by L. Filippi. The piece has an organic shaped bowl atop a more geometric base, all atop a granite pedestal. Signed by the artist L. Filippi on one of...
Category
1960s Argentine Modern Vintage Fountains
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Cast Concrete French Style Wall Fountain
Located in Sheffield, MA
Cast from an original 19th century French fountain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fountains
Materials
Concrete
Italian Hand Carved Stone Tiered Water Fountain
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental finely carved limestone fountain is composed an three levels.
The first tiered with three amazing horse statues, the others adorned with lion heads ending with a put...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Fountains
Materials
Limestone
Sienna Marble Font
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century Italian font with Baluster stem on a hexagonal base, in Sienna marble, circa 1860
In three parts.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Fountains
Materials
Siena Marble
19th Century Hand Painted Faience Wall Fountain in Teniers' Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Polychrome faience wall fountain with hand painted with a dance scene decoration Teniers' style.
Netherland.
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Fountains
Materials
Ceramic
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Pewter Lavabo Mounted on Walnut Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period pewter lavabo on walnut stand from the 18th century, with hand-carved shell motifs and volutes. Born in France during the reign ...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fountains
Materials
Pewter
Cast Concrete French Style Wall Fountain
Located in Sheffield, MA
Cast from an original 19th century French fountain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fountains
Materials
Concrete
A French 19th-20th Century Carved White Marble Fountain Sculpture with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and charming French 19th-20th century carved white marble whimsical group sculpture depicting two putti (Children) playing with a dolphin, fitted for use as a fountain, Paris,...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Fountains
Materials
Marble
Large French 19th Century Cast-Iron Fountain Figure of a Seated Nude Maiden
By J.J. Ducel Me de Forges 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Large French 19th Century Cast-Iron Fountain Figure Modeled as a Nude Maiden Seated on a Rocky Outcrop Holding a Cornucopia in Her Raised Right Hand, by J.J Ducel. Cast-Signed "J.J. DUCEL Me de FORGES, PARIS". Circa: Paris, 1880.
A retailer of fine cast-iron ornaments, J. J. Ducel was recorded as supplying cast-iron works through Paris as early as 1810 in the Pas-de-Calais. The factory was sold in 1878 to the Fonderie de la Haute-Marne and all of the firm's models were subsequently bought by the Val d'Osne foundry. However, prior to the firm's sale, critics at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle proclaimed that "Ducel is the great manufacturer of works in cast-iron, to whom Paris is so largely indebted for the grace and elegance that supply so many of the adornments of its streets". Ducel, Val d'Osne and other associated foundries produced both bronze and cast-iron statuary. Cast-iron is corrosive, whereas non-ferrous bronze does not suffer the same detrimental effects of weathering and is therefore a superior and more expensive material.
Height: 51 1/2 inches (130.8 cm)
Width: 22 inches (55.9 cm)
Depth: 30 inches (76.2 cm)
The foundry of Val d'Osne became highly regarded for the varied nature and quality of its castings in the second half of the 19th century. Commonly known after 1870 as simply Val D'Osne, the company was originally founded by J.P.V. André in Val d'Osne 1835 and developed rapidly, absorbing smaller foundries in the Haute-Marne area east of Paris. The foundry contributed to the London International Exhibition of 1851, where a bronze fountain cast with classical figures attracted much attention. André also specialised in fancy castings and architectural fittings. His Paris adress was at 14 Rue Neuve, Menilmontant.
In 1855 the Barbezat & Cie Foundry was born out of the André workshop. In 1867 Barbezat & Cie changed its name to Houille & Cie. Then, in 1870, it changed its name to Société Anonyme du Val d'Osne. With the change of name came the change of casting mark and adress: Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne, 58 Bd Voltaire, Paris or simply Val d'Osne.
Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought-iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for indoor/outdoor statuary...
Category
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Fountains
Materials
Iron
Bronze Vase Fountain with Black Marble Sink and Patina Base
Located in Washington, DC
Bronze vase fountain with black marble sink and patina base "Four Parts".
An incredible cabinet with two doors that open to a large storage space wi...
Category
Early 19th Century European Brutalist Antique Fountains
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Bronze Figural Fountainhead
Located in Montreal, QC
A life-sized antique bronze fountain-head modeled as a boy holding a duck. The water spouts out of the ducks mouth. It would work well simply a...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Carved Grey and White Variegated Marble Fountain
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Modelled as an arrangement of flowers atop a fluted pedestal, with waisted socle and square base.
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique Fountains
Materials
Marble
Sandstone Wall Fountain in Art Deco Style
Located in Greding, DE
Wall Fountain in Art Deco-style with a high rising, tapering square shaft. At the upper part is a molded, geometric decor in the style of Art Deco. The basin is in the shape of a hal...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Fountains
Materials
Sandstone
Lost-Wax Cast Bronze Fountain Depicting Three Putti Holding a Shell in a Basin
Located in Yonkers, NY
A contemporary cast bronze garden fountain with three putti holding a shell in a self-contained basin. Featuring a classical theme drawn from the Greco-Roman mythology, this charming bronze fountain features three lively putti climbing on one another's shoulders to elevate a textured shell. Cast with the traditional technique of the lost-wax (à la cire perdue) allowing great precision in the details, the putti attract all of our attention with their cheerful attitudes. The smoothness of their bodies contrasts beautifully with the darker and rougher aspect of the basin, as well as their hair. They are wrapped in delicate cloth, that is flapping in the wind as they are making their movement upwards. Their gentle progression, from leaning on the basin to extending their arms upwards, creates the perfect counterpoint to the horizontal aspect of the basin. With its classical theme, lovely bronze patina and contrasting textures, this 21st century cast bronze fountain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Large Hand-Carved Limestone Wall Fountain from France Featuring Grapevine Spout
Located in Dallas, TX
Here we have a beautiful hand-carved limestone fountain from France. This fountain features a grapevine at the spout.
Measurements are: width 6' x height 9' x depth 3'4".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Fountains
Materials
Limestone
Contemporary, Hand-Carved, Limestone Central Fountain
Located in Dallas, TX
This extraordinary piece was hand-carved in Austin, TX, this cream colored, limestone fountain would be a stunning addition to your landscape.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fountains
Materials
Limestone
French 19th Century Carved White Marble Allegorical Garden Fountain with Putti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and charming French 19th century carved white marble allegorical garden fountain group of two playful putti seated on a rocky outcrop with an upturned amphora supporting a stylized fish, drilled for water, together with a Rosso Verona marble "D" shell-shaped scalloped basin...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fountains
Materials
Marble
Large Verdigris Copper Cattails and Driftwood Fountain
Located in New York, NY
Interesting copper and driftwood fountain. Large and impressive item, sculptural and decorative presence. Can be used as working fountain, but also fine just as sculpture.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fountains
Materials
Copper
18th Century Stone and Marble Italian Wall Fountain
Located in Marbella, ES
Italian wall fountain of the 18th century made of stone, with marble incristations making shapes of rhombuses and circles, with a marble mask of reddish verona in the central part, f...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Fountains
Materials
Stone, Marble
Rare 1950's Murano Indoor Aqua Fountain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very rare 1950's Murano Indoor Aqua Fountain by Barbini. The base measures 11.75 inches. The widest area measures 28 inches.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Fountains
Hugo Robus 'American' Bronze Fountain of a Laughing Youth
By Hugo Robus
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Magnificent cast bronze fountain sculpture of an imp like youth with Puck face and leaf like hair, nude and mounted on a petal form pedestal. Enor...
Category
20th Century American Vienna Secession Fountains
Materials
Bronze, Aluminum
Bronze Sculptural Fountain with Snake
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural 1940s fountain in bronze, originating from Europe, depicting a snake, coiled around a cabbage rose, and poised to strike, water intended to project from its mouth, imita...
Category
1940s European Vintage Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Walnut and Pewter Lavabo with Original Basin, circa 1740
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV period Lavabo in walnut, with pewter basins and fixtures, dating from the mid-18th century. The piece is remarkable for retaining its original ...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fountains
Materials
Pewter
Large 1950s Vallauris Enlightening Fountain
By Vallauris
Located in Paris, FR
Large 1950s Vallauris enlightening fountain in two parts. Water comes out the mouths of the two dolphins in a closed circuit. Signed Vallauris on a stamp.
Category
1950s French Vintage Fountains
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Gilt Cast Iron Wall Fountains /Planters, 19th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Pair of Gilt Cast Iron
Wall Fountains
19th Century
Height 26 in Width 13 in.
Provenance:
Property of the estate of Actress Syvia Sydney,LA
Arc119
$2,800
Category
19th Century American Antique Fountains
Materials
Iron
Monumental Four-Piece Studio Pottery Fountain, Manner of Raymor, Italy
By Raymor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental four-piece studio pottery Fountain, manner of Raymor, Italy. Wonderful scale and proportion. Glazed ceramic, incised geometric designs, Versatile: can be separated and used as two jardiniers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fountains
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Monumental Artist Made Ceramic Fountain
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Well made with spectacular presence and color. The fountain stands in a hand-fashioned tiled metal basin. May be used in the garden, on the deck, or in an...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fountains
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Bronze Wall Fountain
Located in Casteren, NL
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...
Category
1950s French Vintage Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Italian Carved Stone Two-Tiered Garden Fountain from Vicenza
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large size Northern Italian carved stone fountain from the mid-19th century. This exquisite garden fountain was born in the 1850s in the city of...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Fountains
Materials
Stone
French 18th Century Painted and Gilded Tole Fountain
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful gold and black fountain was French made in the 19th century. The spigots are both made in the shapes of a swan's head. Various designs ar...
Category
1790s French Antique Fountains
Materials
Gold, Tin
A Fine and Rare Large Lapis Medicea Onyx Urn or Fountain
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine and very large coup or urn is made of a rare stone Lapis Medicea onyx. The form is based on the large decorative stonework found throughout the ancient world and then again...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Fountains
Materials
Onyx
Classical Carved Marble Shell Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Fountains
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Fountains
Materials
Marble
Large Bronze Elephant Statue, Fountain Feature Optional
Located in Yonkers, NY
A substantial bronze elephant sculpture tubed as a fountain, made with the lost wax process. Elevate your decor with this remarkable bronze elephant garden sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Large Bronze Fountain with Maidens, Classical French Garden Water Feature
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning large French bronze fountain that stands in at almost six feet - 178 CM tall
Great for the garden and of course being bronze can live ...
Category
Early 2000s Fountains
Materials
Bronze
French, 19th Century Empire Cast Iron Laureled Fountain Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and very rare Empire cast iron laureled fountain head with a great expression, France, circa 1800-1850. Weathered.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Fountains
Materials
Iron
Small Single Pillar Freestanding Carved Limestone Fountain from Provence, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Consisting of five pieces of Estaillade limestone, this small single-pillar fountain was hand-carved by a stone mason in Provence, France. The freestanding fountain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Fountains
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Metal, Iron
French, 19th Century Bronze Lion Fountain Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful bronze fountain head with a great expression and a beautiful vert de gris patina.
France, circa 1850-1900. Weathered.
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Boho Monumental Cast Concrete Fountain
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Coastal Outdoor fountain. Made from a cast concrete with a painted terra Cotta finish. Motor intact, but I have not tested it. Comes apart easily for transporting ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Fountains
Materials
Concrete
Patinated Bronze Dolphin Fountain, 20th C.
Located in New York, NY
Patinated Bronze Animalier Dolphin Fountain, 20th century, apparently unsigned.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Greco Roman Style Bronze Wall Fountain Head with Great Character
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Greco Roman style wall fountain head tubed as a fountain. Introducing a splendid vintage Greco-Roman style wall fountain head, an exquisite piece ...
Category
20th Century Greco Roman Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Italian Quadrilobe Fountain Basin with Lion Mascarons in Carved Limestone
Located in Dallas, TX
This versatile quadrilobed fountain basin is adorned with several styles of molding and lion mascarons. Hand-carved by an Italian stone mason, the basin ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Fountains
Materials
Limestone
Large Octagonal Limestone Center Fountain from Provence, France
Located in Dallas, TX
This large octagonal center fountain from Provence has been hand-carved from 15 pieces of Estaillade limestone. The center column has a ball finial on top of a square plinth. Beneath...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Fountains
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Metal, Iron
Boy Riding Snail Bronze Statue
Located in Yonkers, NY
A cross between a Renaissance-style work of art and something out of a children’s storybook, this bronze lost-wax garden sculpture from our classical collection is an adorable additi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Monumental marble fountain with sculpture of woman. Paris/Budapest, 1929
Located in Budapest, HU
Large Marble fountain with sculpture of woman, Paris Budapest, 1929. The sculpture was made in Paris in the 1910s. Purchased by a Hungarian nobleman, the statue was placed in 1929 on...
Category
1920s Vintage Fountains
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ancient Fountain in Carved and Inlaid Marble, 16th/17th Century, from Sicily
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antiques fountain in white marble, richly carved and inlaid with "royal yellow" marble in the pedestal and in the basin, upper part with mythological sculpture...
Category
Early 17th Century Antique Fountains
Materials
Marble
Wall Fountain from Giallo D'istria 21st Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large wall fountain made of Giallo d'Istria with profiled basin rim and architrave as rear finish. Height of the edge of the basin: 72 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fountains
Materials
Limestone
Limestone Wall Fountain from France
Located in Dallas, TX
This limestone wall fountain origins from France.
Contemporary manufacture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Fountains
Materials
Limestone
"Wallace Fountain", in cast iron fountain
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Green painted, the fountain was made out of cast iron. It is crowned with a dome and four sea monsters are placed on the ridge. The dome rests on four caryatids draped in antique (see our article caryatid ). They are based on a large octagonal plinth decorated with shells and bas-relief newts wrapping around the Poseidon's trident.
At the end of the 19th century, the arrival of Wallace fountains...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Fountains
Materials
Iron
Renaissance Style Fountain Model Presented at the 1851 World Fair
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Then, it’s circa 1851, that Hubert Lavigne realizes the model of our Neo-Renaissance style monumental fountain for the Val d’Osne foundry. Resting on an octagonal foot adorned with s...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Fountains
Materials
Stone, Iron
Antique Grey Stone Fountain, Hand-Carved, 18th Century, France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient fountain in gray stone, hand-carved with the name of the country it comes from, built entirely by hand in the late 18th century, from France....
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Fountains
Materials
Stone
20th Century Assembled Fountain with Quaternary Limestone from Portugal
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
This fountain was assembled in the 20th century with 5 pieces of quaternary limestone from Portugal. The limestone shows severe signs of natural erosion that have taken place along t...
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20th Century Portuguese Other Fountains
Materials
Limestone
20th Century Assembled Fountain with Quaternary Limestone from Portugal
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
This fountain was assembled in the 20th century with quaternary limestone pieces from Portugal. The limestone shows signs of natural erosion that have taken place along the time. Thi...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Other Fountains
Materials
Limestone
French 19th Century Terra-Cotta Garden Water Fountain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 19th Century Terra-Cotta Garden Water Fountain
Category
19th Century French Antique Fountains
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage, New and Antique Fountains for Your Home and Garden
Adding antique and vintage fountains to your home and garden is a great way to accentuate your interiors or landscape design as well as reap the benefits of the calming sound of flowing water.
The design of your outdoor fountain — or the indoor fountain you’ve introduced to your parlor — is going to determine how the water flows into its basin. Whether your new addition is a simple bowl-shaped design, an elaborate wall-mounted Art Deco fountain or a classical tiered tower boasting decoratively carved floral motifs, this will determine the movement of the feature’s water as well as the sounds it makes. If you’re looking to ensure that there is steadily bubbling water, a slow trickle, a waterfall or cascading sheets of water, you’ll want to think about the architecture of your fountain.
Interior and exterior fountains are made from a variety of materials. Cast concrete lends a classical look to your outdoor fountain. Limestone, a component of concrete, is a dense rock with a creamy white finish that calls to mind classical sculptures. If you’ve already adorned your garden or patio and firepit area with Roman statues, this will feel cohesive in your outdoor space. While limestone fountains are low maintenance, these features will require upkeep. A limestone fountain will need to be cleaned out and undergo a water change on occasion — at least every two to four months — in order to prevent algae growth as well as the smell that might accompany it.
Glazed ceramic fountains, which also warrant regular cleaning to reduce buildup of debris and mineral deposits, will add a splash of color to your garden or entryway. A Spanish or Italian fountain adorned with vibrant ornamental tiles will pop against your shrubbery and concrete planters. Lightweight options for outdoor fountains can be found in fiberglass and cast iron if stone seems too heavy for your taste.
By the 19th century, Victorians realized there were health benefits to fountains. The sound of running water can help create a harmonious and soothing environment in your well-appointed outdoor oasis or inviting foyer, and today, we could all use a little relaxation.
It’s time to harness the calming properties of gently flowing water. You will love the serenity that a vintage, new or antique fountain from 1stDibs can add to your home and garden.
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