Title
One Brecciated Wellhead
Creator
Date
c. 1910
Description
ONE BRECCIATED MARBLE AND BRONZE RENAISSANCE STYLE WELLHEAD (Italian, circa 1910) attributed to the Chiurazzi Foundry of Naples, with a bronze bas relief putti-decorated band and an attached column with a patinated bronze drum and Corinthian capital, the latter forming a base for a bronze crouching dragon from whose mouth hangs the well bucket pulley.
Cultural Origin
Italian
Medium
Marble
Bronze
Wrought iron
Collection
Source
Purchased by the Preservation Society of Newport County, 1962.
Identifier
PSNC.1874
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