Coadministered by City of Sausalito Department of Public Works 420 Litho Sausalito California 94965
Coadministered by City of Sausalito Office of the City Clerk 420 Litho Sausalito California 94965
Located Plaza Vina del Mar Bridgeway, El Portal & Park Street Sausalito California
Date:
Original: 1915. Recast 1977
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
Image on file.
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Summary:
Italianate concrete fountain consisting of a simple bowl over which water flows. The bowl is supported by a pedestal which sits in the center of a round pool. The perimeter of the pool is decorated with masks of smiling faces. Water flows through the mouth of each mask into a larger circular fountain basin below. The perimeter of the basin is decorated with a vertical row of S-shaped fluting, framed on the lower edge with a horizontal panel of acanthus leaves.
