Fountain chimney ornament, unknown maker from England, United Kingdom

Exhibition Label:
"Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments from the Nineteenth Century in the Collection of The University of Kansas Museum of Art," Jun-1973, Lea Rosson
The "Fountain" group is composed of a young man and woman standing on either side of a pedestal on which stands a female figure who pours water from a pitcher. It represents the Temperance Society['s policy of installing public drinking fountains as a reaction against Gladstone's bills allowing beer in eating places and reducing the duties on wine.