Dolphin Garden Fountain by Wheatley Pottery

This piece of gardenware was made at the Cambridge Wheatley Pottery around 1930. The fountain is in the form of a dolphin rising from the water and it measures 12 1/2" tall by 6 1/2" diameter. Covered in a terra cotta finish there was subtle splashes of colored slip applied, accenting the rock at the base, its scales and its lips.

Hand incised inside the base is " 7-10-31 #374 ". A line drawing is shown in a catalog from 1928.