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Mannie Well
Mannie Well
Mannie Well

Mannie Well

Object NameWell
MediumFigure, lead; plinth, stone
ClassificationsSculptures
Object numberABDCC001100
About MeA square well house with a typed stone roof. Above the cornice four masks are sited on the rising ridges of the roof. The masks are grotesque in style, each consisting of three faces; one of full frontal and two of side presentation. At the apex of the roof is a small lead statue of a man. The figure is of the classical type, nude except for a loincloth. He stands in an active position with his arms held forwards, suggesting that he may once have been holding something.

A lamp bracket projects from the roof of the well house, with a lantern attached. On the opposite facade is an iron door with the arms of Aberdeen imprinted.
Alexander HALL & Co.
October 1863
Face Masks Adaptors
Gillian Reeley