Water Cistern, c 1800. Pearlware, cast and overglazed-painted. In the shape of Neptune supported by an old man and a dolphin. The figures are hollow and the water runs into the basin through the dolphin's mouth. This strange combination of subjects ow

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Water Cistern, c 1800. Pearlware, cast and overglazed-painted. In the shape of Neptune supported by an old man and a dolphin. The figures are hollow and the water runs into the basin through the dolphin's mouth. This strange combination of subjects ow

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1800, 19th, archival, archive, century, cistern, historical, history, hygeine, pottery, sanitation, water