Biggar Fountain
Location
Low Street, Banff
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 689 639
Date
1878
Description
Ornate Victorian Gothic drinking fountain with crown head, designed by John Rhind in 1878, commemorates Walter Biggar, one of the founders of the herring trade with the Baltic. The inscription on the Biggar fountain reads 'Presented to the town of Banff in Memory of Walter Biggar Esq. And Mrs. Anne Duff, his wife. 1878.' Biblical inscriptions on the East and West panels. I think the spouts are intended to represent fish heads, possibly dolphin fish?
Era
1800s
Categories
Iconography
- fish
- heraldic motifs
Creator
- John Rhind, Architect
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
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