These are just some of the amazingly
intricate details from the statue of Queen Victoria by William Silver Frith
(1860 - 1934) which stands at the top of the Doulton Fountain. It was sculpted as a celebration of
Victoria's golden jubilee. The fountain is sometimes called the Victoria Fountain.
The Doulton Fountain is just outside the
People's Palace in Glasgow. Originally
it was situated in Kelvingrove Park as part of the International Exhibition of
1888 and later gifted to the city by Sir Henry Doulton (you may have heard of Doulton Pottery).
The fountain itself was designed by Arthur
Ernest Pearce (1859 - 1934) who worked
for the Doulton Company. It has lots of
other beautiful sculpture and it is hard to believe that the fountain was
almost destroyed by vandals in the 1990s before it was moved to its present
position.
You can read more about this amazing
fountain at Glasgow - City of Sculpture.
Love, Liz
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5 comments:
What a wonderful fountain. I own a couple Doulton/Lambert pitchers so I know what beautiful things that made, but had no idea they ever did something like this.
It looks amazing, such a joy to be able to see it.
So beautiful, what an amazing piece of sculpture.
I have been to Glasgow 4 times, but still have much to see including this fountain.
What an intricately carved piece of sculpture this fountain and statue are. I guess you could look at it for hours on end, and still discover something you hadn't notice before. I've never been to Glasgow, but maybe I should ... xxx
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