Drinking Fountain - Burslem
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Victorian drinking fountain, Fountain Square, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Waymark Code: WMF3VJ
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/19/2012
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A traditional Victorian drinking fountain surmounted with a modern re-production of a gas lamp, originally installed in 1881.
The lower section of the drinking fountain has two bowls, once supplied with water by two elephant heads, on the bowl-less sides are lion heads. Four slim pillars, with Corinthian capitals hold up a canopy which supports the lamp, two dolphins are entwined around the base of the lamp post. Beneath the canopy is an urn with a pair of snakes for handles.
As recorded in the inscription the fountain was renovated in 1990.
Setting: Outside
Place: Public square
Use: Ornamental
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