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Antique Drinking Fountains

Original Haws Elliott Ltd. Copper "Long Reach" Watering Can with Mark on Bottom
Original Haws Elliott Ltd. Copper "Long Reach" Watering Can with Mark on Bottom

Original Haws Elliott Ltd. Copper "Long Reach" Watering Can with Mark on Bottom

By Haws

Located in San Diego, CA

Original Haws Elliott Ltd. copper "long reach" watering can with maker's mark on the underside, circa 1920.s A superb early 20th-century example of the world’s most famous watering...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Drinking Fountains

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Copper

Antique Print with Views of Sydney in Australia, c.1886
Antique Print with Views of Sydney in Australia, c.1886

Antique Print with Views of Sydney in Australia, c.1886

Located in Langweer, NL

Old print with views of Sydney: entrance to Botanical Gardens, an Avenue in the Botanical Gardens, Norfolk Island Pine Botanical Gardens, Fraser Drinking Fountain Hyde Park and Cent...

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Late 19th Century Antique Drinking Fountains

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Paper

A large portrait of Provost Samuel Leckie by William A. Donnelly 1901
A large portrait of Provost Samuel Leckie by William A. Donnelly 1901

A large portrait of Provost Samuel Leckie by William A. Donnelly 1901

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

He is perhaps best remembered today for his extraordinarily generous donation, in 1907, of a grand 18 foot high cast iron drinking fountain to Dalmuir Park in Clydebank, where it sti...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Drinking Fountains

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Paint

19th Century Italian Mantel in Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Mantel in Carrara Marble

19th Century Italian Mantel in Carrara Marble

Located in London, GB

The finely carved frieze with classical scene depicting swans drinking from urn fountain. The shaped jambs with lion's paw feet, surmounted by acanthus leaves, with fine carving to s...

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19th Century Italian Antique Drinking Fountains

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Carrara Marble

19th Century French musical automaton clock
19th Century French musical automaton clock

19th Century French musical automaton clock

Located in London, GB

The clock sits on a rectangular plinth, mounted around the edges with ormolu surrounds, and decorated to the front centre with ormolu mounts of swans drinking from a fountain. The mo...

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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Drinking Fountains

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Enamel, Ormolu

French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Two Light Candle Scone With Swan Decoration
French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Two Light Candle Scone With Swan Decoration

French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Two Light Candle Scone With Swan Decoration

Located in Stamford, CT

Walnut frame decorated with gilt bronze ormolu mounts with a pair of swans drinking from a fountain below, the crest with Eros in his chariot holding a bow and arrow being pulled by ...

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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

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Bronze

Gilt Bronze and Griotte Red marble inkwell, Empire Period, early 19th century
Gilt Bronze and Griotte Red marble inkwell, Empire Period, early 19th century

Gilt Bronze and Griotte Red marble inkwell, Empire Period, early 19th century

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The front features two wild beasts drinking from a central fountain. The whole rests on feline paw feet.

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1810s French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Oscar Bach Attr. Bronze and Onyx Top Iron Console Hall Table with Figural Mirror
Oscar Bach Attr. Bronze and Onyx Top Iron Console Hall Table with Figural Mirror

Oscar Bach Attr. Bronze and Onyx Top Iron Console Hall Table with Figural Mirror

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The apron is decorated in a red finish adorned with a central open work gilt frieze of opposing lions drinking from a fountain book ended by two friezes of fountains.

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Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Drinking Fountains

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Bronze

French Empire Style Green Glass Inkwell with Gilt Mounts
French Empire Style Green Glass Inkwell with Gilt Mounts

French Empire Style Green Glass Inkwell with Gilt Mounts

Located in Nashville, TN

Second Empire green glass inkwell circa 1870 .rare color .Encased in gilt metal Empire styled mounts ,swans drinking from a fountain. The lid shows a woman with bust .

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Early 1900s French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Glass

Pair of Elkington & Co Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Jardiniere/Champagne Ice Buckets
Pair of Elkington & Co Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Jardiniere/Champagne Ice Buckets

Pair of Elkington & Co Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Jardiniere/Champagne Ice Buckets

Located in New York, NY

Depicting new classical Roman figures and subjects with lions and leopards, birds drinking from fountains, and grape vines with dolphin feet.

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1890s English Neoclassical Antique Drinking Fountains

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Gold, Bronze

Antique Hepplewhite Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
Antique Hepplewhite Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard

Antique Hepplewhite Style Satinwood Inlaid Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard

Located in Bridgeport, CT

All outer drawers with satinwood banding and finely embossed brass bales decorated with doves drinking from an urn form fountain framed by floral vines.

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19th Century Hepplewhite Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Brass

Charles X Cut-Crystal and Gilt Bronze Perfume Cellaret.
Charles X Cut-Crystal and Gilt Bronze Perfume Cellaret.

Charles X Cut-Crystal and Gilt Bronze Perfume Cellaret.

Located in Paris, FR

The frieze is intricately carved with typical Restauration motifs of flowered rinceau and swans drinking from a fountain on a matte background. In the center, the forms of two inters...

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1820s French Romantic Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Oil Painting of a Young Family in a Park
19th Century Oil Painting of a Young Family in a Park

19th Century Oil Painting of a Young Family in a Park

Located in San Francisco, CA

Late 19th century oil painting of a young family in a park Fine antique oil painting of a young family drinking water from a fountain in a park. Original oil on canvas.

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Late 19th Century American Antique Drinking Fountains

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Canvas

Orientalist Engraving after Horace Vernet, Empire Period
Orientalist Engraving after Horace Vernet, Empire Period

Orientalist Engraving after Horace Vernet, Empire Period

By Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace Vernet)

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Orientalist engraving after Horace Vernet, wood frame, Empire period Orientalist engraving depicting Rebecca at the Fountain giving a drink to a bedouin, early 19th century.

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Early 20th Century French Moorish Antique Drinking Fountains

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Paper

19th Century Sheraton Revival Satinwood Writing Desk
19th Century Sheraton Revival Satinwood Writing Desk

19th Century Sheraton Revival Satinwood Writing Desk

Located in Martlesham, GB

19th Century Sheraton revival satinwood and inlaid writing desk / cabinet attributed to Edwards & Roberts, the inlaid shaped frieze having chequer line inlaid quarter round shelves b...

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1880s British Sheraton Antique Drinking Fountains

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Satinwood

Lady with caskets
Lady with caskets

Lady with caskets

Located in PARIS, FR

Léo Laporte-Blairsy directed in 1910, Place de la Concorde in Toulouse, "Romanesque Poetry", a work realized thanks to a legacy of the merchant Octave Sage for a fountain of drinking...

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Early 20th Century French School Antique Drinking Fountains

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Bronze

French 19th Century 1st Empire Period Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Console
French 19th Century 1st Empire Period Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Console

French 19th Century 1st Empire Period Mahogany, Ormolu, and Marble Console

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The straight apron displays one drawer with exceptional ormolu mounts of centurions above each leg, griffons, and an exquisite central keyhole escutcheon mount of two handsome finely...

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19th Century French Antique Drinking Fountains

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Marble, Ormolu

Fine Early 19th Century Empire Russian Inkstand, St. Petersburg, circa 1810
Fine Early 19th Century Empire Russian Inkstand, St. Petersburg, circa 1810

Fine Early 19th Century Empire Russian Inkstand, St. Petersburg, circa 1810

Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE

Front and side panels decorated with swans drinking from a fountain, butterflies, shells and garlands.

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Early 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Bronze

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tile Fountain by Rookwood Pottery, 1909
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tile Fountain by Rookwood Pottery, 1909

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tile Fountain by Rookwood Pottery, 1909

By Rookwood Pottery Co.

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Rookwood Pottery company made this fantastic drinking fountain for the Speedway, utilizing the logo in cast stone, glazed in subtle colors.

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Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Drinking Fountains

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Ceramic

17th Century Thassos Marble Drinking Trough
17th Century Thassos Marble Drinking Trough

17th Century Thassos Marble Drinking Trough

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H 19.69 in W 86.62 in D 23.63 in

17th Century Thassos Marble Drinking Trough

Located in Badia Polesine, Rovigo

Large drinking trough dated to a good approximation to the 17th century, entirely made of a block of white Thassos marble, also commonly known as "Bianco Thassos", a marble of Greek ...

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Early 17th Century Italian Other Antique Drinking Fountains

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Marble

A pair of Dutch 17th century old master portraits of a husband and wife
A pair of Dutch 17th century old master portraits of a husband and wife

A pair of Dutch 17th century old master portraits of a husband and wife

By Nicolaes Maes

Located in Bath, Somerset

She stands with one hand touching a lock of her hair as she rests her arm on the bowl of a stone water drinking fountain. Although the identity of the sitters has been lost over tim...

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Drinking Fountains

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Canvas, Oil

1930s Spanish Reconstituted Stone Red Drinking Fountain
1930s Spanish Reconstituted Stone Red Drinking Fountain

1930s Spanish Reconstituted Stone Red Drinking Fountain

Located in Marbella, ES

1930s Spanish reconstituted stone red drinking fountain.

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Early 20th Century European Antique Drinking Fountains

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Stone

English School 19th Century Oil - The Drinking Fountain
English School 19th Century Oil - The Drinking Fountain

English School 19th Century Oil - The Drinking Fountain

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming 19th Century oil painting depicting a pauper boy drinking from a public water fountain. The boy with no shoes and a red necktie, carries a small satchel on his shoulder.

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19th Century Antique Drinking Fountains

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Oil

Ancient Pair of Stoups, Stone Basins, Drinking Fountains, 17th Century, Italy
Ancient Pair of Stoups, Stone Basins, Drinking Fountains, 17th Century, Italy

Ancient Pair of Stoups, Stone Basins, Drinking Fountains, 17th Century, Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Ancient pair of stone stoups, usable in many ways, as stone trays, as fountains, as planters or in a prestigious entrance, hand carved between the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy f...

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17th Century Italian Antique Drinking Fountains

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Stone

Antique French Lavabo
Antique French Lavabo

Antique French Lavabo

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H 29 in W 16 in D 13 in

Antique French Lavabo

Located in Calgary, Alberta

Lovely and simple 19th century enamel over cast iron lavabo or drinking fountain with a brass tap, from France. It makes a stunning water feature or planter.

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19th Century French Antique Drinking Fountains

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Iron, Enamel

Art Nouveau Study Entitled 'A La Fountaine' by Mathurin Moreau
Art Nouveau Study Entitled 'A La Fountaine' by Mathurin Moreau

Art Nouveau Study Entitled 'A La Fountaine' by Mathurin Moreau

By Mathurin Moreau

Located in London, GB

A fabulous late 19th century Art Nouveau bronze figure of a young seated beauty drinking from a watering fountain with birds around the top of the central pillar.

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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Drinking Fountains

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Bronze

A fine Neoclassical/Empire Gilt Bronze and Green Glass Centerpiece
A fine Neoclassical/Empire Gilt Bronze and Green Glass Centerpiece

A fine Neoclassical/Empire Gilt Bronze and Green Glass Centerpiece

Located in New York, NY

In the middle of the centerpiece, intricately detailed gilt bronze swan handles and swans drink from a fountain on each side of the piece.

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19th Century Neoclassical Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Floral Oil Painting in Carved Gilt Frame with Mother and Child
19th Century Floral Oil Painting in Carved Gilt Frame with Mother and Child

19th Century Floral Oil Painting in Carved Gilt Frame with Mother and Child

Located in Dallas, TX

The still life painting on board features a floral arrangement with two white doves drinking at the fountain, while the background depicts the Virgin Mary holding her son, Jesus.

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Drinking Fountains

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Wood, Giltwood

Pair of 18th Century Bow Figures of Hunter and Companion
Pair of 18th Century Bow Figures of Hunter and Companion

Pair of 18th Century Bow Figures of Hunter and Companion

By Bow Porcelain

Located in Basildon, GB

Pair of 18th Century English Bow Figures of Hunter and Companion (a Lady Falconer) , circa 1755, he modelled to the left with a gun leaning against his left arm, seated on a rock wit...

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1760s English Rococo Antique Drinking Fountains

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Porcelain

Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand
Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand

Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand

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H 7.29 in W 6.11 in D 3.15 in

Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Exhibiting an exquisite design of Mercury heads and palmette, this set is comprised of two cut-crystal jars, serving as an inkwell, upon a rectangular ebony base highlighted with swa...

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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

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Crystal, Bronze

Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand
Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand

Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand

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H 7.29 in W 6.11 in D 3.15 in

Early 19th Century Empire Inkstand

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Exhibiting an exquisite design of Mercury heads and palmette, this set is comprised of two cut-crystal jars, serving as an inkwell, upon a rectangular ebony base highlighted with swa...

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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Large 19th Century  Decorative Pair Of Alabaster Marble Jugs/Pitchers On Plinths
Large 19th Century  Decorative Pair Of Alabaster Marble Jugs/Pitchers On Plinths

Large 19th Century Decorative Pair Of Alabaster Marble Jugs/Pitchers On Plinths

Located in London, Park Royal

The jug spouts are adorned with voluptuous acanthus leaves atop slim necklines on bodies featuring relief carvings of birds drinking from a fountain. The pieces have an arresting bea...

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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Drinking Fountains

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Alabaster

Early 19th Century Charles X Perfume Cellar
Early 19th Century Charles X Perfume Cellar

Early 19th Century Charles X Perfume Cellar

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H 6.7 in W 6.5 in D 4.93 in

Early 19th Century Charles X Perfume Cellar

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The rectangular gilt bronze platter is highlighted with flowery scrolls and some typical restoration motifs such as swans drinking from a fountain, on mat background. The central ste...

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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Drinking Fountains

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Empire Silver and Crystal Candy Dish
19th Century Empire Silver and Crystal Candy Dish

19th Century Empire Silver and Crystal Candy Dish

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The crystal body is set in openwork silver and depicts swans drinking from a fountain, rinceau and small flowers.

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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

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Crystal, Silver

Antique Italian Painting Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century
Antique Italian Painting Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century

Antique Italian Painting Oil on Canvas, Late 19th Century

Located in London, GB

The painting is of a young lady dressed in splendid 19th century attire, she leans against a beautiful ancient marble fountain drinking water as it falls. It features its original s...

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1890s Italian Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Rare 19th Century French Doors with Capriccio Oil Painting and Chinoiserie Verso
Rare 19th Century French Doors with Capriccio Oil Painting and Chinoiserie Verso

Rare 19th Century French Doors with Capriccio Oil Painting and Chinoiserie Verso

Located in Dallas, TX

Various staffage (including three cows drinking from the fountain) are scattered about, with a majority of the figures in the act of or waiting to wash clothes in the fountain’s wate...

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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Drinking Fountains

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Canvas, Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Automata Table Clock by Nathan & Co. of Birmingham
Automata Table Clock by Nathan & Co. of Birmingham

Automata Table Clock by Nathan & Co. of Birmingham

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H 28.75 in W 20.25 in D 11.25 in

Automata Table Clock by Nathan & Co. of Birmingham

By Nathan & Co. 1

Located in London, GB

Housed within a glass dome supported by an ebonized and waisted base of elliptical form, and operated by rods, the mechanical automata movement has a two air musical box providing a ...

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1880s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Fabric, Glass

19th century gilt and chased bronze French candlesticks
19th century gilt and chased bronze French candlesticks

19th century gilt and chased bronze French candlesticks

Located in Eindhoven, NL

The central shafts in style of Trajan's column or the column of the place Vendôme in Paris, is decorated with frieze of palmettes and swans drinking in fountains ending with a circul...

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19th Century French Restauration Antique Drinking Fountains

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Bronze

19th Century Charles X Cut-Crystal and Gilt Bronze Perfume Cellaret
19th Century Charles X Cut-Crystal and Gilt Bronze Perfume Cellaret

19th Century Charles X Cut-Crystal and Gilt Bronze Perfume Cellaret

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The frieze is intricately carved with typical Restauration motifs of flowered rinceau and swans drinking from a fountain on a matte background. In the center, the forms of two inters...

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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Drinking Fountains

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Crystal, Bronze

French Mahogany & Marble Empire Style Enfilade
French Mahogany & Marble Empire Style Enfilade

French Mahogany & Marble Empire Style Enfilade

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H 42.13 in W 86.63 in D 21.38 in

French Mahogany & Marble Empire Style Enfilade

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

The center drawer is fit with an escutcheon depicting a pair of swans drinking out of a fountain and drop ring pulls with laurel decoration.

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Early 20th Century French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

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Stone, Marble, Brass, Ormolu

19th Century French Patinated Spelter Sculpture Signed Mathurin Moreau
19th Century French Patinated Spelter Sculpture Signed Mathurin Moreau

19th Century French Patinated Spelter Sculpture Signed Mathurin Moreau

By Mathurin Moreau

Located in Dallas, TX

This elegant figure composition was crafted in France circa 1880; made of spelter, the statue depicts a young seated beauty drinking from a watering fountain with bird perched on the...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Drinking Fountains

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Spelter

Important Pair of Early Empire French Gilt-Bronze Candelabra Attributed to Claud
Important Pair of Early Empire French Gilt-Bronze Candelabra Attributed to Claud

Important Pair of Early Empire French Gilt-Bronze Candelabra Attributed to Claud

By Claude Galle

Located in Benington, Herts

Standing on tapered patinated bronze plinths decorated with birds drinking from a fountain flanked by dolphins raised on gilt plinth bases.

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19th Century French Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Bronze

19th Century, Empire Wood Sideboard by H.F. Jansen & Zonen
19th Century, Empire Wood Sideboard by H.F. Jansen & Zonen

19th Century, Empire Wood Sideboard by H.F. Jansen & Zonen

By H.F. Jansen

Located in IT

On the central drawer, the bronzes depict two fantastic animals with the body of winged swans drinking from a fountain whose water flows from the centre of the lock.

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Late 19th Century Dutch Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

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Bronze

Biedermeier Style Italian Nightstand
Biedermeier Style Italian Nightstand

Biedermeier Style Italian Nightstand

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H 27.56 in W 19.3 in D 13.39 in

Biedermeier Style Italian Nightstand

Located in Prato, Tuscany

On each of the two doors are represented, with the technique of inlay (or marquetry), two elegant swans drinking at a fountain represented with elaborate and rich baroque decorations...

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Mid-19th Century Italian Biedermeier Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Cherry

Hermes, Classical Greco Roman  Marble Bust by American Sculptor Waldo Story
Hermes, Classical Greco Roman  Marble Bust by American Sculptor Waldo Story

Hermes, Classical Greco Roman Marble Bust by American Sculptor Waldo Story

By Thomas Waldo Story

Located in Rochester, NY

Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City; and a community drinking fountain in Hopedale, Massachusetts, commissioned by General William F.

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19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Drinking Fountains

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Carrara Marble, Marble, Stone

Antique Empire Flame Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Antique Empire Flame Mahogany Chest Of Drawers

Antique Empire Flame Mahogany Chest Of Drawers

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H 36.5 in W 51.25 in D 24.5 in

Antique Empire Flame Mahogany Chest Of Drawers

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

With a rectangular marble top, the top drawer with a central gilt bronze mount of swans drinking from a fountain, flanked by gilt bronze mounts of a classical lady with a flowing ro...

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Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Drinking Fountains

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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Antique Drinking Fountains For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique drinking fountains for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique drinking fountains — often made from metal, stone and wood — can elevate any home. Antique drinking fountains have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique drinking fountains made by Empire designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique drinking fountains have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Mathurin Moreau, Talavera de la Reyna and Orazio Andreoni are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Drinking Fountains?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $5,473, while they’re typically $120 on the low end and $36,984 highest priced.