Fountain, (sculpture).

Fountain, (sculpture).

Faville, William B., 1866-1947, architect.

Bliss & Faville, architectural firm.

Fountain, (sculpture).

Original: 1915. Recast 1977.

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Approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 24 ft.

Italianate concrete fountain consisting of a simple bowl over which water flows. The bowl is supported by a pedestal which sits in the center of a round pool. The perimeter of the pool is decorated with masks of smiling faces. Water flows through the mouth of each mask into a larger circular fountain basin below. The perimeter of the basin is decorated with a vertical row of S-shaped fluting, framed on the lower edge with a horizontal panel of acanthus leaves.

Dress -- Costume -- Mask

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sausalito

Coadministered by City of Sausalito, Department of Public Works, 420 Litho, Sausalito, California 94965

Coadministered by City of Sausalito, Office of the City Clerk, 420 Litho, Sausalito, California 94965

Located Plaza Vina del Mar, Bridgeway, El Portal & Park Street, Sausalito, California

The fountain is a recast made in 1977 of an original fountain designed by Faville for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The original fountain was one of two Italianate fountains designed for the Half Dome of the Palace of Education. After the closing of the Exposition, the fountain was purchased by Faville and presented to the City of Sausalito. In 1936 the original fountain was restored. In 1977, as part of the city's Bicentennial Project, the original fountain, which was deteriorating, was recast. The new fountain was cleaned in May 1993. IAS files contain copy of related article from Sausalito News, June 10, 1916; and copy of related excerpt from Jack Tracy's " Sausalito - Moments in Time: a Pictorial History of Sausalito's First One Hundred Years, 1850-1950", pg. 116-117, 179. IAS files contain copies of related 1916 and 1976 correspondence and State of California Point of Historical Interest survey and Historic Resources Inventory forms.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.

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