A year ago, I posted a description of a fountain in a London shop. This one's a little different, but equally charming. I particularly liked the suggestion of a way to make the serpent seem to move.
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—from Ackermann's Repository, June 1821, courtesy Internet Archive.
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2 comments:
Wonderful--a serpent en tremblant!
Coade stone could have been used instead of marble.
I do like the idea of something en tremblant but dislike serpents.
What else culd have that sinuous quality? Flowers, fish, or even little spouts..
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