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The Duthie Fountain
The Duthie Fountain
The Duthie Fountain

The Duthie Fountain

Date1883
Object NameFountain
Mediumpink & grey granite
ClassificationsSculptures
AcquisitionPresented in 1883 by Elizabeth Crombie Duthie.
Object numberABDCC001167
About MeJames Hunter, 1883. Polished granite temperance drinking fountain. Circular plinth set on flagstones, tooled inscriptions reading "In commemoration of the advance of temperance under the auspices of the Aberdeen Temperance Society in the year 1882" and "Thou givest them water for their thirst, IPH 9-20"; polished pink granite basin, with 3 granite columns supporting grey granite canopy, spherical finial. Square pink granite plinths supporting pink granite urns to N, W and E of fountain.