This charming pair of French style cherubs, a boy and a girl, kneel in waterside foliage, each offering a generous scallop-shell bowl. A sculpted fin curls up behind each figure, which marks them as water spirits in the old European fountain tradition.
The boy wears the sea, with a belt of seashells, scallops and a coiled ammonite at his waist. The girl wears the river, rising from a thicket of bulrushes and reeds. Both have tousled curls crowned with tiny blossoms.
These fibreglass statues have matured beautifully outdoors and evoke the soft, time-worn patina of a long-forgotten Italian villa fountain.
Each cherub sits on its own black tapered square pedestal.
98cm x 49cm
Each sold separately
Available at La La Vintage 67 Semaphore Road, Semaphore SA 5019 (Next to Odeon Cinema)
