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Title
Urn – Fountain
Date
1904 & installed 2016
Medium
lead
Accession number
NR2_RHT_S292
Acquisition method
possibly commissioned byMartin Birkbeck , presented to Cathedral by Bishop Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Custodian
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Inscription description
A unique large lead decorative urn, rescued from a pond and converted into a fountain standing on a Yorkshire mill stone. Restored by I. W. Ridgway, The Forge, Aylmerton, who noted that it was documented 1904. It was made up of two parts lead exterior with a cement inside to protect it from the planting. If, as noted on the Cathedral’s notice, this included High Alumina Cement (patented in 1908), this part was either a later addition or a repair. There are unfortunately no photographs of the urn in its collapsed state before restoration.
Off Unthank Road, Norwich
NR2 2PA
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