Water Mill in Bronze with wheel and clock by Jeanne Rynhart (1946-2020):

Bronze sculpture of a water mill by and signed by Jeanne Rynhart. At the base it is 223mm x 114mm and stands12mm tall.  It weighs around 1.62 kg.

I believe that the clock is a later replacement, but it does work and takes a standard AA battery (fitted).

Jeanne Rynhart created the Molly Malone statue for the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations. The statue was controversial at the time of its unveiling due to the revealing dress the statue wore. Registrar of Aosdána, Adrian Munnelly wrote to the An Bord Fáilte criticising it. The statue was defended by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Ben Briscoe.  Rynhart herself wrote in The Irish Times that the clothing and appearance were accurate for women of that era. The statue has since become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Dublin and is fondly regarded by locals.

Rynhart also sculpted a statue commemorating the original Rose of Tralee, Mary O'Connor, which stands in Tralee Town Park.  In 1993, she produced 2 statues in honour of Annie Moore at Cobh Heritage Centre in Cork and Ellis Island in New York City. The Ellis Island statue was dedicated by the then-President of Ireland, Mary Robinson.