Well head
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1550 - 1649
Materials
White marble and wrought iron
Measurements
2845 mm (Height); 1345 mm (Diameter)
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Woolbeding Gardens, West Sussex
NT 1353749
Summary
A North Italian white marble circular slightly baluster well-head, carved in relief with ribbon-tied swags of fruit - late 16th to early 17th Century. With later spirally-twist and scrolling wrought-iron hoisting bracket and pulley-wheel, further decorated with flowers and stems organically applied.
Provenance
Bequest of Simon Sainsbury