Reclaimed Limestone Wall Fountain

A reclaimed limestone wall fountain that rises in heavy courses of stone to a high Romanesque arch, with a lion head spout at the center and a basin that projects forward on a curved edge. The limestone is cool and neutral: stone gray, smoke and soft taupe. Below the lion head, dark rain-wash streaks run down the blocks, a record of water going over the same path for a long time. The surface is matte and grainy and takes bright sun quietly.

It measures 105 inches wide, 65 1/2 inches deep including the basin, and 133 inches high, just over eleven feet. It is sold as stone, spout and basin; the pump and supply line are by the installer. The staining and softened arrises are original and we would not clean them off.

At this scale the stone wall fountain is the end of a view: the far wall of a motor court, the terminus of a long gravel drive, or the back of a high walled garden. It encloses a space and the sound fills it. The piece ships in sections and sets with a crane. This antique fountain is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and walk around it, or we will send more photographs and a quote delivered.