Memorial Fountain - Hopedale MA
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Easily missed, this sculpture is on the left side of the Bancroft Memorial Library in Hopedale MA
Waymark Code: WMTC4X
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2016
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An elaborate fountain, with exedra wall and bench seating. In the center, a female figure (symbol of Hope) stands atop an orange fountain basin. The holds a diaphanous cloth above her head with both arms. Below her, the fountain base has a relief of a female face; cornucopias (symbol of prosperity and plenty) and an anchor and three dolphins (symbol of the books held in the library). The central figure is balanced by the symmetrically curved adjacent benches terminating in pedestals surmounted by carved plant forms revealing fruit. Buttressing the pedestals are eagles with their wings full back. The entire fountain rests on a platform four steps above grade.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 11/08/1904
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Where is this sculpture?:
50 Hopedale St
Hopedale, <A
Sculptors Name: Waldo Story
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