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Animal -- Lion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Preston City
Fountain
Sculpture
Bates Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Bates Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1918.
Medium:
Bronze and tan granite.
Dimensions:
Top piece: 36 x 40 x 15 in.; Basin: 26 in. x 6 ft. x 42 in.; Each wing: 18 in. x 3 ft. x 13 in.
Inscription:
(On front of basin, incised:) A FRIEND OF ANIMALS (On top piece above lion's head, incised in polished surface:) PRESENTED TO THE/TOWN OF PRESTON BY/DeLAMBRE BATES/1918 unsigned
Description:
A tan granite fountain with top piece and wings. The basin is rectangular with rounded corners. The top piece rises from the back of the basin and is rectangular with a curvilinear top. Above the water on the front of the top piece is a lion's head in bronze, with open mouth through which water flows via an iron pipe. Curved, low wings sit on either side of the basin.
Subject:
Animal -- Lion
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Preston City
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Preston, Highway Crew, Town Hall, R.F.D. 1, SR 2, Preston, Connecticut 06360
Located 294 SR 164, Preston City, Connecticut
Remarks:
The fountain was a gift of DeLambre Bates (1847-1921) and was built as a utilitarian device to provide water to animals. In addition to the fountain, water rights to the spring which feeds it and $500 were included in the gift to the town. The money was to be used for maintenance of the fountain. IAS files contain a copy of relevant material from "Preston in Review," pg. 164 (Preston Historical Society, In. 1971.)
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS CT000291
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000291
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