SOMETHING A BIT SPECIAL , IT IS AN ANTIQUE CAST IRON WALL DRINKING FOUNTAIN, WITH ORIGINAL CHAIN AND CUP..... MAKER IS THE KILMARNOCK FIRM OF KENNEDY ..... IS EMBOSSED KENNEDY PATENTEE.... ON TOP IT SAYS - KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY..... ON THE BACK IT IS STAMPED L & N.E.R . , WRITTEN THIS WAY IT DATES TO BEFORE 1923..... THESE FOUNTAINS WERE USED ON RAILWAY STATIONS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS AROUND THE TURN OF LAST CENTURY .....
THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS ALSO STAMPED INVERURIE , HERE IN NORTH SCOTLAND, WHICH ALSO HAS A RAILWAY STATION..... I HAVE FOUND A FEW OF THESE ON BUILDINGS AROUND THE WORLD , INCLUDING BUENOS AIRES TRAIN STATION IN ARGENTINA...... SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE FOUNTAINS ARE FOUND ARE GRADE 2 LISTED ...
A VERY RARE ITEM, TRY FINDING ANOTHER ON EBAY.... IT IS CAST IRON, MEASURES 21 X 12 INCHES.... WEIGHS APPROX 12KG.... I HAVENT CLEANED IT UP,..... HAVENT FOUND ANOTHER FOR SALE ON INTERNET..... ONE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR....