South face of the fountain
Introduction
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South face of the fountain
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 6 Feb 2023
The drinking fountain is a product of Walter Macfarlane and Company's foundry based at the Saracen Foundry, Possilpark, Glasgow. The firm made lots of cast works available to purchase from a catalogue, and this fountain is frame number eight with font number seven in the centre. Victorian works are often full of symbolic designs: the griffins were popularly thought of as guardians of priceless possessions, salamanders display bravery and courage that cannot be extinguished by fire, and cranes symbolise vigilance. Other notes include biblical verses.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.488658
Longitude
-2.67414