Doulton Fountain
Five-tier Victorian terracotta fountain crowned by a queen, with sculpted groups of empire and soldiers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Doulton Fountain on Glasgow Green is about a material: the terracotta that a ceramics firm chose for its showpiece at the eighteen eighty-eight International Exhibition. It weighs what baked clay offers a sculptor against what it costs when something breaks, and follows the fountain from Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee to its long silence in the twentieth century. Best heard standing at the rim of the basin, facing the People's Palace.
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