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Bronze Cherub and Vulture Fountain Head Sculpture, 18th Century

$2,137
£1,525
€1,812.59
CA$2,908.68
A$3,253.54
CHF 1,693.16
MX$40,052.14
NOK 21,540.49
SEK 20,209.23
DKK 13,523.70
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About the Item

A very rare antique bronze fountain fitting mounted on a later purpose made wooden base with a detachable winged cherub seated on the back of a vulture like bird with its wings raised ready for flight and standing on a simulated rock work base. This unusual piece was part of a larger fountain and acquired from a stately home more than a decade ago. It has been sympathetically and professionally polished so as to retain much of the original patina and is mounted on a turned wooden pedestal base.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Diameter: 7.49 in (19 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Unknown
  • Condition:
    In good used condition with later mount and adapted as a sculpture with original mounting hole to the back.
  • Seller Location:
    Bishop's Stortford, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: SC18033071stDibs: LU1328212703951

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