The Fountain of Love
Thomas Waldo Story (Rome 1855 - New York City 1915)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1897 (signed and dated)
Materials
Carrara marble
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 766173.2
Caption
The Fountain of Love is a two colour marble sculpture by Thomas Waldo Story. It was commissioned by Lord Astor in 1897. The shell dish features three groups of statues which are all signed and dated by the sculptor. The shell was made from two large antique marble blocks joined together and based on tufa rock.
Summary
Carrara marble figure of a seated woman holding a chalice up in right hand, by her cupid stands on a shell horn and also raises another shell. Proper right figure from The Fountain of Love by Thomas Waldo Story (Rome 1855 - New York City 1915).
Makers and roles
Thomas Waldo Story (Rome 1855 - New York City 1915), sculptor