Conserving the Boy & Swan Fountain - Part 2

Specialist metalwork conservator Peter Meehan is leading the landmark restoration of Coalbrookdale's famous Boy & Swan Fountain; Here, he gives us an update on this important work.
The fountain was designed by the famous Victorian sculptor, John Bell, and cast by the Coalbrookdale Company before being displayed at the entrance to the Great Exhibition of 1851 at Hyde Park in London.
The work is being under taken at a temporary open-workshop, to the rear of Enginuity, where visitors are invited to watch the work take place. As part of the project the fountain has been separated into two pieces, cleaned and repainted. When finished, the fountain will sport a new bronze sheen; one of the colours in which the fountain could be ordered at the time of production.

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Cute boy - but leave alone the swan!