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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