Can anyone help identify/date this?

Hello-

new to the forum, my wife and I recently purchased a home built in 1950. There is a water feature that is stamped I S F with what appear to be Greek gods/goddess maybe? It is 40-48” and is metal of some type. It hasn’t been cleaned but appears shiny
https://www.antiquers.com/media/i-s-f-water-feature.10826/

 

Hi and welcome!

There is a similar one that sold on this site saying its lead. I don't know if that is correct. Someone will probably know what it is.

https://www.1stdibs.com/en-gb/furni...e-lead-demi-lune-cistern-planter/id-f_810620/

 

Is there a dedicated water supply or just reliant on rain water?

 

Hi @Luke Allen & WELCOME to ANTIQUERS! Max size for images on this site is 1 MB, so I've resized your image down so it's under & can now be seen......below: P.S. I love the setting, but can't help with the dating it...sorry....others should be more helpful along those lines, although yours also "looks" like lead!!!

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there is a dedicated water supply

 

Thank you!

 

What a beautiful garden spot you have!

 

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thank you so much! There are original landscape plans with the house, we are looking to return to original in places if we can!

 

Looks like you have Ceres/Demeter, with her sickle & sheaf of grain. I can't see details of others well enough to form an opinion.

 

Yours appears to differ in decoration from the one sold on 1st Dibs. Yours has a repeating pattern of the same 2 figures (from what I can see); the other has at least 1 other figure & when the 3 that are visible are put together they look like Seasons: the old man Winter; the flower laden Spring; the abundant Summer. If they have one representing Autumn, I couldn't see it, but you seem to have only Spring & Summer.

 

FYI ...
https://hcrowther.co.uk/detail_page.php?reference=J129

 

This is great!

 

Lead would make sense since it would not rust. Welcome to Antiquers and the garden looks wonderful

 

After further review, it appears to just be a repeating pattern of Ceres…I have cleaned out and am in the process of getting it working! Will need to replace water pump and supply line to upper portion. There is a clean out cap and 1”pipe that runs below the cistern and out thru the rear brick wall

 

My wife and I want to thank y’all for your help! This has been exciting for us. We are young and appreciate history!

https://www.antiquers.com/media/cleaned-out.10827/full

 

Ceres/Summer & the Spring figure:



Think that may be a gryphon between them.

 

I have it up and running!!! Is there a way to post a video here?!

 

copy and paste...as long as it's not too large of a file size..

 

Congrats on yr new home-keep looking for more housewarming presents the old owners gifted to you !