18th Century and Earlier Fountains

This rare 18' century monumental finely carved limestone fountain is composed with three amazing dolphin statues holding an outstanding shel -shaped basin adorned with monster he...

An antique Italian wall mounted fountain basin in a late Gothic style with central sun in low relief or "bas relief" on a detailed pedestal in Rosso Verona marble with patina. Minor ...

A marble wall fountain with dolphin pedestal. The Campana shaped body of the basin is supported by the dauphin grotesque pedestal which is placed on a raised square foot. The fountai...

Cast iron fountain mask of lion's head. Originating from France, 17th century. On black custom stand. Beautiful color and patina. Dimensions: 45h (with stand) 34ø 7D

Exceptional fountain trough. Extra raw and in hard red French stone. 15th century or earlier. Reclaimed in Provence. The real deal, rare to find with unique artempo details and wear....

This stone piece was once the basin for a corner fountain or used as corner sink on a property in the rugged hills of Provence, France. It features a thick...

Hand carved stone container fountain trough basin planter antique farm Sink CA. 18th 19th century small water fountain Basin of hand C. Carved Stone ...

Although when most people hear the word “gargoyle”, they probably envision small, winged creatures with grotesque visages. However, the phrase has a deeper meaning, encompassing any carved head (animal or human) that function as waterspouts. From the Early Renaissance (late 1400’s/early 1500’s), our gargoyle fountain spout features a human-like face with pointed ears, possibly representing a centaur or a satyr. The roughly rectangular block of marble was hand-carved in Arezzo, in the Tuscany region of Italy. All sides except the front of the cream-colored stone have a sawed finish, resulting in a rough texture. The back has been excavated, adding to the character of the gargoyle. A 1 ½” diameter hole has been cut all the way through, forming an open mouth of the gargoyle. The gaping mouth was often a symbol used to conjure images of devouring giants and used to remind people that they are susceptible to certain forces. Our 15th/16th century marble...

Hand Carved Stone Container Fountain Trough Basin Planter Antique Farm Sink LA . 18th Century water fountain Basin Jardinière Of Hand Carved Stone container . Color and patina keeps changing with the light and the seasons . 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 for your pets or to have it as a dog bowl . 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...

Hand Carved Stone Container Jardinière Trough Basin Planter Antique Farm Sink LA . A great late 18th 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...

Large Hand Carved Stone Sink Basin Wall Fountain Bowl & pedestal base Antique CA . A beautiful 18th Century Hand Carved Stone Sink / Wall mount fountain basin . versatile sculpted architectural element for an outdoor Garden or indoor setting. Very Large half moon water basin finely carved in a shell shape sitting on top of a pedestal base . A Statement piece at the front of your home , set in a niche or hedges or simply mount against a garden wall , this water feature will add a touch of elegance and history to your residence . Antique dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd. Architectural decorative garden elements . Could be used as a sink in a powder room bathroom or in combination with any other fountain head or spout . ( See Example Picture) The decades left its marks and a very nice patina that changes with the seasons . This water feature will be the focal point in any landscape design commercial and residential palatial . It is a piece of art , Mounted in a traditional provincial Italian Mediterranean French Spanish context a farm or a winery . Hand crafted Stone basin trough...

This old French Limestone fountain was hand carved in the mid 17th century and installed in a French countryside home. The piece has been well preserved throughout the years and was ...

Village water pump fountain in limestone with a double trough also made from limestone in front of it.

Hand carved stone Container Fountain Basin Tub Planter Firepit Trough antiques. Exquisite late 18th Early 19th century water fountain Basin of hand carved st...

Enhance your space with a touch of elegance with our Italian White Veined Carrara Marble Wall Fountain. Handcrafted from the 18th century, this small wall fountain boasts luxurious w...

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 gorgeous French Limestone Wall Fountain is a perfect addition to any outdoor space. Hand-crafted from sturdy limestone, it showcase...

Rustic Hand Carved Stone Container Jardinière Trough Basin Planter Antique Farm . 18th Early Century small water fountain Basin Of Hand Car...

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...

Hand Carved Stone Container Fountain Basin Tub Planter Firepit Trough Antique LA . Exquisite 18th century Thick Walls water fountain basin 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 them, creating a charming garden water fountain . This good large 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 . It is a piece of art that holds history and majesty in its proportions . This architectural element is very versatile and it will be the focal point of your landscape or centerpiece in a contemporary modern design landscape , traditional provincial , Italian , Spanish Mediterranean , French in a farm or winery etc . Antique dealer California Los Angeles / West Hollywood La Cienega Blvd and Melrose Ave . Some designers turned them into fire pit , some of them with multiple simple spouts with water bubbling as freestanding water feature or with a wall mount fountain head...

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...

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...

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...

Rustic Antique Hand Carved Stone Birdbath Center Fountain Basin Sink Container . A beautiful 17th Century Hand Sculpted Benitier reflects t...

Hand Carved Stone Container Fountain Basin Planter Farm Sink Trough Antique LA . 18th century water fountain basin lavoir of hand carved stone...

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...

A beautifully carved white Carrara marble wall fountain head from 18th Century France with a fluted top, rounded body, with carved leaf border detai...

Hand Carved Stone Wellhead center Fountain Basin Antique Fire Pit planter LA CA . A nice hand carved Stone 17th/18th Century well head Octagon shape ...

Hand carved stone container fountain basin trough planter sink Antiques LA CA . Large, exquisite 18th century water fountain basin of hand carved stone. t...

18th century Dutch wall fountain from the hall of a canal house. Made of Carrara marble. Antique wall fountain, with a niche-shaped high back including tap hole, on a curled leg with...

18th C. Lavabo Wall Fountain Pewter Basin sink on Hand Carved Wood Stand Antique . Imposing 18th century Louis XV of the period Lavabo in Hand Car...

Huge Carved Stone Center Water Fountain Column Spout Basin Architectural Element . This exquisite large Carved water Center fountain with Basin of the late 18th Century Early 19th Century . The decades left its marks and a very nice patina that changes with the seasons . A Grand and imposing Architectural elements Focal center sculpture and water pool Basin coping . This water feature will be the focal point in any landscape design commercial and or residential palatial . The fountain originally was with a dug out fountain basin in the ground, with a coping stone surround, then decades later they added two stone basins to it , to make it easy for the daily use at the time. then when we purchase it, we decided to take it back to the original design, of a center column with crown and the original carved urn that holds the crown in place with the right amount of weight. and we removed the basin, and we left the coping. so when you install it, you create the basin in the ground and you will have the coping to mount all around. It is a piece of art , sculpture lion figures fountain Head Spouts...

Hand Carved Stone Container Jardinière trough basin planter Antique Farm Sink LA . 18th Century water fountain Basin Of Hand Carved Stone container ....

Beautiful French 18th century fountain.

A fantastic and large 18th century lead garden toad or frog. Greatly animated and highly detailed, this amphibian leaning to the side is though listening to you, is quite stunning. A...

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...

HALF-MOON STOUP ORIGIN: VENICE, ITALY PERIOD: 13th Century Height: 33 cm Width: 82 cm Depth: 55 cm Nembro marble This hemispherical stoup is powerfully carved with a mascaron w...

Exquisite, rare, hand-hewn St. Cyr marble wall fountain from the 18th century. This remarkable piece features a spout intricately crafted in the shape of a river god, cascading water...

An exquisite 18th-century wall fountain, reclaimed from France, crafted from limestone. This antique piece features a generously sized basin to accommodate water overflow, and its wa...

Carrara marble fountain with its gray Sainte Anne marble base. French. circa 1700 18th century. It works as a source. It has a small restoration as can be seen in the photo. ...

Wellhead Hand Carved Stone Container Firepit Basin Trough Water Feature antique. Early Gothic Period Water Wellhead Hand Carved Stone to be installed as ...

Gothic Hand Carved Stone Surround Architectural Element Wall Mount Fountain Idea . A Beautiful and Rare Gothic 15th Century Carved Stone Window Sur...

This beautiful hand-carved stone basin has a timeless, rustic charm. Crafted from a single block of stone, it has been worn and weathered over the years, giving it a rich, natural pa...

Hand Carved Stone Container Trough Farm Sink Fountain Basin Antiques LA Fire pit 18th Century exquisite water fountain Basin Of Hand Carved Stone Lavoir. This trough could be install...

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...

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...

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...

This rustic, antique French Limestone Fountain from 1890 is an architectural treasure. It adds substantial style to any outdoor space, creati...

This marble fountain sculpture in the style of Tulio Lombardo embodies the glory of Renaissance sculpture. Reminiscent of classical portrait busts, a bearded man's face serves as the...

This antique French limestone central fountain from the 17th century is the perfect addition to any outdoor space. With a square shape and a central style design, it features a pilla...

Hand Carved Stone Trough Fountain Basin Tub Planter Firepit Container Antique LA . 18th century water Fountain Lavoir wash basin Tub of hand carv...

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...

This French Limestone Wall Fountain from the 17th century is a stunning piece of craftsmanship. The antique fountain is made out of lime...

An antique 17th-century French wall fountain, masterfully crafted from limestone and reclaimed to bring a touch of history to any setting. Originally designed to pump water through a...

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....

This circular well from the Louis XIV period is entirely carved in stone. The shaft of the well is composed of an eight pieces arrangement forming a "boudin" molding. The curbstone is marked by the patina of time and is thus irregular in shape. The base of the well is surmounted by a stone structure composed of two trapezoidal molded stones that hold a wooden winch and its chain. The whole base is topped by a one piece stone roof, the upper edge of which forms a four slope roof. While on one stone is engraved the date "1830", we believe that this stone well...

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...

On an antique bluestone ornament.

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...

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.