Italian Fountains

Monumental finely carved limestone fountain sculpture of Goddess with a putto figure and three magnificent dolphins . Proveniente from an import...

Renaissance Wellhead Hand Carved Marble Container Planter Basin Water Fountain . A rare and impressive Historic Italian 15th century Renaissance hand carved marble well head square shape with scrolls to the corners. Decorated with 3-dimensional vessels and armorial with a rampant lion with raised forelegs as if to strike and ready for battle. To be used as an interior planter stone container, focal point, water feature fountain...

White Carrara marble wall fountain with projecting lion face. ▪ Made in Italy dimensions 51 h x 43 x 24 cm weight 26 kg italian manufacturing certified by the Lazio region The sculp...

A vintage Italian Blanc De Chine fountain of a beautiful putti sitting atop a lion's bust bowl. This piece is a wonderful decorative centerpiece on its own.

Limited edition Murano glass fountain by Gino Cenedese, with original sticker, circa 1940s. Please see attached sticker that shows this piece was number 9, a very rare and limited edition. Usually fountains were custom ordered and never made the same. Dimensions: Height 63" and diameter 27", each figure is approximately 9" high. The fountain depicts Bacchus (the Roman god of wine) at the top, and 4 Putti (angels) all made in iridescent glass, which is a rare type of Murano glass. The flowers (where the water flows from, a new pump required) are made in pâte de verre (pâte de verre involves making a paste of glass that is applied to the surface of the mold, then it is fired. The big advantage to pâte de verre is that it allows for precise placement of particular glass colors in the mold. pâte de verre dates back to the ancient Egyptians, but it really came into its own about a century ago when it was revived by a group of French artists who gave this warm glass technique its current name.) The pink top cup is pink transparent opaline glass. The lower inverted cup is silk with 24-karat gold infused. This is where the lights are located, rewiring required. 24-karat gold is also used on the main Bacchus figurine...

Very early Italian marble font or fountain or birdbath, 17th Century, possibly earlier. The thick carved bowl supported by a leaf-carved column having a base with further carved deta...

White marble fountain, neoclassical , dated beginning of 19th Century This fountain comes from Palazzo Tadini, an old art gallery which owner loved to collect Canova's works. Palazz...

This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, it has its own upstand with the base of split turned design set on molded plynth blocks, ...

As tradition this timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, the designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic m...

This timeless beautiful Italian classical double sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble, the design has not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb ...

An extraordinary 17/18th century Italian large scale Medieval st. square Rosso Verona marble hand carved fountain. The fountain with its grand scale one piece basin has a mottled bas...

A very rare 1950's Murano Indoor Aqua Fountain by Barbini. The base measures 11.75 inches. The widest area measures 28 inches.

Fabulous cast bronze double fountain with a water source from each bird. Water flows out from each birds beak. Exquisite castings in an aged verdigras patina. In excellent vintage co...

This monumental Italian wall fountain was hand-carved in verona rossa marble in the early 1900’s. Truly the work of a master mason, the fountain is comprised of four thick pieces of richly carved marble, with each piece weighing several hundred pounds. The marble has lovely salmon color with cream inclusions that has developed a soft patina. The 3 ¼” deep back wall is adorned with a repetitive C-scroll border. A winged lion mascaron hovers above a geometric panel filled with nondescript interlaced carvings. Below the panel is a scalloped shell with sprawling barbed rinceaux that flows between a pair of volute scrolls on the edge of the wall. The shell has a small, incised circle where a spout or tap can be placed, depending on the desired use. Beneath the vertical wall is an 8 ½” thick sinuous bowl embellished with thick quarter round molding. The front façade has a stylized coat of arms consisting of a shaped shield emblazoned with a fleur de lys. Inside the basin, the back wall has been carved with a pair of volute C-scrolls surrounding bundled leaves. At the base of the leaves is a small drainage hole. Three volutes highlight the luxurious column that sits on a rectangular plinth with two canted corners. All three volutes are in the traditional S-shape, with two of them flanking the larger channeled scroll. A small fleur de lys graces the front of the plinth, which has gently sloped top edges. There is a thin grooved molding near the base. A natural conversation piece for any courtyard or garden setting, the Renaissance style Italian wall fountain can be used indoors or outside. It could also be used as a large sink...

An impressive and large scale Italian 19th century white Carrara marble and patinated Bronze fountain. This stunning fountain is raised by a square base with carved paws at each corn...

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...

Vintage garden fountain, in artificial stone or concrete, carved with putto, basin and pedestal, built in the 1900s in Italy tub circumference measures 60 cm x H 135, base 40 cm

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...

Ancient and important wall fountain, richly carved in gray stone, with iron filler, ashlar basin and wall pillar, built for a garden in Italy, in the 19th century, from southern Ital...

A high quality and most decorative Italian 19th century Baroque st. specimen marble birdbath/fountain. This exceptional fountain is raised by a detailed marble support with scrolling...

Whimsical ceramic fountain sculpture depicting a pantless man.

Our Ancient Surfaces team recently reclaimed this extremely rare statuary fountain. The story behind this masterpiece is that in the mid 1700s a team of Italian master carvers were tasked to create an exceptionally phenomenal limestone fountain for a noble Milano family estate. After 8 months of hand-carving they completed the job by creating a very unique and large pool fountain...

A Magnificent and Large Antique Italian Murano glass fountain of exquisite craftsmanship. This unique Murano glass figural fountain is a superb piece of artistry, the craftsmanship o...

This large antique two-piece marble stand with a bowl, crafted in Italy circa 1920, showcases a timeless classical Roman design. The jardinière features a large, rounded swivel basin...

Murano Glass Fountain with a Central Vase encircled by 4 Mermaids, 1950s

A spectacular and high quality Italian 19th century Renaissance st. white Carrara marble fountain. This wonderful fountain is raised by a rectangular plinth supporting a top rolled c...

An impressive and most unique Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Rouge de Verone, Valence Pink marble and Patinated Bronze fountain. This exceptional fountain is raised by a soli...

Known as a Gorgoneion, an artistic representation of the head of the Gorgon, Medusa, this carving is also a water fountain feature. Hand-carved from a single block of limestone in Italy, the larger-than-life sculpture has a stone gray and cream patina. Medusa’s mouth is partially open, with a small, excised portion, capable of functioning as a water cascade for a pool wall or wall basin...

A Charming Whimsical Italian 19th/20th Century Carved Marble Figural Fountain depicting three playful Putti riding a Koi Fish. Circa: Florence 1900. Step into a realm of enchantment...

A sensational and large scale Italian early 18th century white Carrara marble and Stone fountain. This stunning fountain is raised on a rectangular Stone block below a square Carrara...

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...

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 ...

A stunning Italian early 19th century white carrara marble fountain head signed HVGOR. This most impressive and masterfully sculpted fountain head...

Beautiful refined garden fountain with statue in neoclassical style, circa 1930s main material mixed with grit marble dust and cement. This beautiful and majestic fountain is made up...

A lovely Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble fountain. The fountain displays a charming half round basin with a finely sculpted foliate...

Marble wall fountain.

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

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.

RARE ITALIAN VERTICAL WALL FOUNTAIN FROM THE EARLY 1900'S IN LIMESTONE Beautiful "vertical" wall fountain of 2 m height, made of limestone in the early 1900's. Produced between the...

A very fine Italian 19th century carved Carrara marble figural fountain "Jardinière" modelled as a standing Putto and a Satyr supporting a sea-sh...

A stunning and most important large scale Italian 19th century white Carrara marble fountain. The extremely high quality wall mounte...

A stunning and most elegant Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble birdbath/planter. This impressive birdbath/planter is raised by a circular mottled edge base which...

Wonderful Terracotta Bird Fountain. The fountain is in 3 pieces and the center column houses the pump and supports the bowl with the decorative birds

This exceptional Carrara marble fountain is a rare and elegant piece, featuring a beautifully preserved eight-pointed star-shaped drainage stone, known as the Star of Ishtar or Inann...

An expressive and well-carved Itallian Rococo Revival Carrara marble niche fountain of a putti seated on a dolphin; the playful chubby putti with head tur...

Monumental fountain in Murano glass, 1950s Metal base containing pump for continuous water recycling and lighting. Murano blown glass upper part composed of two bands of two-tone lea...

Hand-carved in Northern Italy in the Neoclassical style, this limestone wall fountain features a triangular pediment adorned with thick dentils. Comprised of 26 pieces of stone, the ...

Exceptional Murano glass fountain with large leaves glass orange Murano with structure. The Design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of the italian Design. This unique Fountain with gold finish glass murano are exceptional. This Pieces of Arts glass show the exclusive design of Italian Designer in 1960/70. This chandelier are in good Condition. All the piece we add are checked and changed if necessary! before sendind we will update the water pompe and the complete water tube . we have 2 gold angel on the picture , will deliverie with four ! one have a little defect in one hand . All circle flowers are complete !!! and all fountain are lighting . picture Photo in operation available before shipping! work perfectly. We prefer to keep the original condition as much as possible than replacement if possible. All of our products are originally wired for 220v, so also work at 110v for the USA. Delivery without bulbs. Organizing the expedition: first step! in order to ensure safe transport, the fountain will be disassembled and carefully packaged. Plastic bubble and protection. Only sending by wood...

An attractive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble bird bath/ sink.

Cordovan wall fountain of the 18th century made of stone, with marble incristations making shapes of rhombuses and circles, with a marble mask of reddish v...

Beautiful fountain made of polychrome ceramics from San Polo, production circa 1950s. The object consists of several elements, including the base, the basin from which the water flow...

A spectacular and monumentally scaled Italian 19th century Terra Cotta fountain. The most impressive fountain is raised by an elegant octagonal ba...

Italian antique fountain spout carved from a solid granite block from the 13th century with a zoomorphic appearance in the shape of a fish's head.

Wonderful gargoyle, handmade in Italy, a stone carving of pink and white marble, early 20th century. A wonderful gargoyle, handcrafted in Italy, a stone carving of pink and white ma...

Large and impressive 19th century Continental iron and parcel gilt fountain or birdbath. Beautiful detail and quality.

Limited edition of 99 numbered and signed copies of the Column composed by 3 elements, base in polychrome ceramic, 24 white grés tiles with decorations and a bronze fish sculpture. This fountain is called “Le Colonne...

An antique carved marble corner basin with a bow shaped front. Dating to the 18th century, this charming trough has certainly stood the test of home, showcasing a desirable weathere...

Made out of concrete, this decoration from 20th-century Italy takes influences from Gothic architecture. With its face covered in vine leaves, this mascaron...

Transform your garden into a timeless European oasis with this magnificent vintage cast stone fountain. Drawing inspiration from Neoclassical and Italianate design, this water featur...

A most impressive and extremely decorative Italian 18th-century Baroque period marble fountain. The marble fountain is raised by a white Carrara marble and Vert De Patricia marble ba...