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Title
The Ready Money Drinking Fountain
Date
1869
Medium
white Sicilian marble & pink & grey Aberdeen granite
Measurements
H 500 x W 278 x D 278 cm (E);
Plinth: H 43 x W 538 x D 538 cm (E)
Accession number
NW1_CRH_S147
Acquisition method
gifted by Sir Cowasjee Jehangir through the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Owner
The Royal Parks
Custodian
The Royal Parks
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
2nd August 1869
Listing date
05/02/70
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Park opening hours.
Inscription description
THIS FOUNTAIN / ERECTED BY THE / METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN / AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION / WAS THE GIFT OF / SIR COWASJEE JEHANGIR / (COMPANION OF THE STAR OF INDIA) / A WEALTHY PARSEE GENTLEMAN OF BOMBAY / AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND / FOR THE PROTECTION ENJOYED BY HIM AND HIS PARSEE / FELLOW COUNTRYMEN UNDER THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA / INAUGURATED BY / H.R.H. PRINCESS MARY, DUCHESS OF TECK. 1869. / RESTORATION SUPPORTED BY THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND 1999-2000
