Above a circular granite basin, two young male water sprites – one seated and one standing – are depicted among rocks and water plants, with water coming from two jugs symbolising the source of a stream. There is a large toad on one of the jugs. Around the pedestal are lines from a verse, the origin and author of which are unknown, but the final line 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' appears to reference the first line from Book 1 of John Keats's poem 'Endymion' 1818. Designed by Joseph Durham and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, this sculpture was seen there by William Challinor of Leek, who gave it to the town to commemorate the securing of the towns's water supply from the springs of Upper Hulme. It was first sited in the Market Place and moved to Brough Park in 1924.