Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain
Mayor James Maddock's Fountain

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A cast iron fountain on a square plan, with two half circle bowls rising to a canopy with corner columns and a central urn. The fountain includes a lion, elephant, snake, and fish. It rises to a lamppost with a single octagonal lantern.
Title

Mayor James Maddock's Fountain

Date

1881

Medium

cast iron

Measurements

H 350 x W 150 x D 150 cm (E)

Accession number

ST6_MK_S017

Acquisition method

presented by James Maddock

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Custodian

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on step below the founain: ON 25TH APRIL 1990 FRANCIS FITZHERBERT, THE LORD STAFFORD, FORMALLY MARKED THE RESTORATION TO THE SITE OF THE BURSLEM DRINKING FOUNTAIN / BY THE STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY COUNCIL AND THE BURSLEM PRESERVATION SOCIETY IN CONJUNCTION WITH STEPHEN BAMBURY OF CO-BAM LTD / THE ORIGINAL FOUNTAIN WAS PRESENTED BY JAMES MADDOC, A LOCAL POTTERY MANUFACTURER WHEN HE WAS MAYOR OT BURSLEM 1881-1883

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Located at

St John's Square, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 3AJ