. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. FIG. 219.—LEAD DOLPHIN. FIG. 220.—GARGOYLE FOR GARDEN WALL. bringing to her work that just quaht}' of convention which makes it art instead of naturahstic imitation. Another pleasant lead spout for a garden fountain is the dolphin modelled by Mr. Cashmore, and __ ...- -^.^^.....-^. -=,e-so^.—>- illustrated in Fig. 219. The gargoyle designed by Mr. Voysey, and built up in sheet lead, serves a rather different purpose (Fig. 220). It is fixed to the front of a big brick retaining wall at Littleholme, Guild- ford (see also Fig. 102), and has a deligh
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. FIG. 219.—LEAD DOLPHIN. FIG. 220.—GARGOYLE FOR GARDEN WALL. bringing to her work that just quaht}' of convention which makes it art instead of naturahstic imitation. Another pleasant lead spout for a garden fountain is the dolphin modelled by Mr. Cashmore, and __ ...- -^.^^.....-^. -=,e-so^.—>- illustrated in Fig. 219. The gargoyle designed by Mr. Voysey, and built up in sheet lead, serves a rather different purpose (Fig. 220). It is fixed to the front of a big brick retaining wall at Littleholme, Guild- ford (see also Fig. 102), and has a delightfully grotesque quality that is suggestive of the mediceval craftsman. Its purpose is to throw clear of the wall the surface water drained from the terrace above. A combination of pool with wall foun- tain which is singularly attractive is to be seen at Hampton Court (Fig. 223). The entwined dolphins spouting freshness into a big shell owe no little to their intrinsic charm as sculpture, and modern replicas would, no doubt, be of greater cost than the owners of most small gardens could encompass, but their placing with reference to the twin pools below is \exy happy and suggestive. Though the atmosphere of gardens does not demand that their orna- ments shall be great sculpture, it occasion- ally happens that a master hand models a figure that finds its way into a garden setting. The slender fountain at Wych Cross Place, illustrated in Fig. 222, is a case in point, for it is the work of that great but erratic sculptor, Alfred Gilbert. The bronze stem was modelled for some alto- FiG. 221.—HIPPOCAMPUS IN LEAD. getlicr different purpose. Upon it has been. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London, Country Life [etc. ]; New York, C.
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