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Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine 40 Metres South East of Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon

Description: Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine 40 Metres South East of Waddesdon Manor

Grade: II
Date Listed: 29 January 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 42293

OS Grid Reference: SP7332816460
OS Grid Coordinates: 473328, 216460
Latitude/Longitude: 51.8419, -0.9370

Location: Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire HP18 0JH

Locality: Waddesdon
Local Authority: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Postcode: HP18 0JH

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Listing Text

SP7216 -7316 WADDESDON WADDESDON MANOR GROUNDS

10/146 Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine
40m. to S.E. of Waddesdon Manor
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GV II

Fountain. Early C18, the sculpture by Giuliano Mozani, re-arranged late
C19. Late C19 shaped stone basin. Carved marble figures. Pluto and
Proserpine to centre on an upturned shell, with flanking infant tritons
on winged horses, encircled by 6 figures of tritons and other sea
creatures holding conch shells. Originally part of a fountain at the
Ducal Palance at Colorno, near Parma, together with statuary from the
Fountain of Triton and Nereids.
(Catalogue No. 66)


Listing NGR: SP7332816460

Source: English Heritage

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