Information about the Neptune Fountain 

• Height                   5’ 4” (1.63m) (from ground level)
• Width                    4’ 0” (1.22m) (in total)
• Depth                   2’ 10” (864mm) (front to back)
• Weight                 2 tons (approx.)

John has dedicated 18 months of his life to designing, importing the marble and hand-carving this magnificent Neptune Fountain which now needs to find a permanent home to make room for new projects.

Weighing two tons and standing 1.63m (5’8”) high the intricately carved masterpiece is clearly not going to fit in the average backyard, so a very particular customer needs to be found for the piece to be displayed to its full potential.  Formed in three sections it is designed to be raised against a vertical structure or wall in a ground level or sunken water pool.

Carved in white Carrara marble from Italy, John has designed the Neptune Fountain in a Roman Baroque style.  It is complete with fitted 316 grade stainless steel piping, water jet and high pressure underwater pump.  Primarily designed for an interior setting such as a swimming pool, luxury hotel, leisure complex or stately home, it is also suitable for an exterior setting where the main body of the sculpture is protected by some form of overhead canopy.

Taught many carving techniques by an Italian master carver and always inspired by the art and statuary of the Tuscan cities, John prefers works which have some sort of functional form rather than the purely aesthetic form of nudes and other statuary, and so the idea of the Neptune Fountain was conceived.  He inspected and selected the requisite marble in Tuscany and then began the difficult undertaking of transporting the stone back to England.

The Neptune Fountain depicts John’s interpretation of the Roman God of the Sea, part human, part sea lion with conch shells for ears and sea snakes for mane.  The head provides a flow of water which fills a giant clam shell with detailed crabs and oyster shells surrounding its plinth base.

You can view the Neptune Fountain while it still resides in his Harrogate workshop behind Park Parade and serious offers in excess of £50,000 will be considered for the right home. Transport and delivery free within mainland UK.

Further images available in the Neptune Fountain Gallery.