Detail of the drinking fountain by Ernest George, 1891
Mount Street Gardens
Mount Street, Mayfair
London, September 2014
“The multi tiered pedestal contains two demi-lune basins with lion mascarons which spout water. The pedestal is carved and molded in three forms with scroll consoles on each of the four sides. It is likely that metal cups were suspended on chains from these consoles. The capital supports the statue of a horse rearing above a wave which has been mistakenly referenced as a hippocamp (a mythological sea creature with the head and forelegs of a horse and the tail of a fish.) The tail is actually a regular horse tail. However, the front hooves of the statue are in the form of fins. A plaque on the north side of the basin states: This Fountain Was Erected By Henry Lofts In Recognition Of Many Happy Years In Mount Street. Sir Ernest George, R.A. Fecit. 1892.” (Mount Street Gardens Fountain, Memorial Drinking Fountains)
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