(Lady Fountain), (sculpture).

(Lady Fountain), (sculpture).

J. W. Fiske Iron Works, founder.

(Lady Fountain), (sculpture).

ca. 1920s. Rededicated July 5, 1959.

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Fountain: possibly copper, painted; Basin: concrete and brick.

Fountain: approx. 18.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 ft.; Basin: approx. 1.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 ft.

J.W. Fiske Ironworks, N.Y. (Fountain is surrounded by raised brick-enclosed pool with dedicatory plaques to war dead of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War) unsigned

Tiered fountain with four seated female figures on first level and central female figure at top. Seated figures are nude with drapery over their legs which are crossed at the knee. They sit leaning forward with chin in hand, elbow propped on crossed leg, and other arm resting on knee. The top figure is clothed in classical-style dress and holds an urn at her proper left side from which water pours. She stands amid foliage. The second tier of fountain is rimmed with animal heads that spout water from their mouths. Fountain sits in pool.

Figure female -- Full length

Figure group -- Female -- Nude

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Object -- Other -- Vase

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg

Administered by City of Orangeburg, Department of Parks and Recreation, Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115

Located Edisto Memorial Gardens, Entrance at Russell Street & Riverside Drive, Orangeburg, South Carolina

Formerly located Memorial Plaza, Orangeburg, South Carolina

Fountain was purchased in the 1920s or 1930s. Its design was selected by John F. Sifley, who had a copy made of a fountain he had seen in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fountain was originally installed in Orangeburg's Memorial Plaza in the center of the city; but sometime after World War II, ca. 1947-1948, it was removed from the square and replaced by a Confederate monument. It was put it in storage for several years and then in 1959, reinstalled and rededicated in Edisto Gardens, renamed at the time Edisto Memorial Gardens. Originally, the fountain was flanked by two smaller pools with cranes spouting water from upturned beaks, but they are missing from present location. IAS files contain transcription of text on basin wall and related articles from Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC), Dec. 1, 1968 and May 1, 1992.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.

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