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The traditional bird bath is made of molded concrete or glazed terra cotta formed in two pieces: the bowl and the pedestal. The bowl has an indentation or socket in the base which allows it to fit on the pedestal. The pedestal is typically about one meter tall. Both bowl and pedestal can be clean or decorated with bas-relief.
The earliest bird cups have a small ledge under the rim and additional row of dots under the decoration, below which the body is painted in solid black. Around 675 BC the ledge and dots were abandoned, from about 640 onwards, the originally black-painted bottom of the bowl was left in natural clay colour, but often decorated with a star or five ...
Bird Girl is cast in bronze and stands 50 inches (130 cm) tall. She is the image of a young girl wearing a simple dress with a "contemplative, gracefully tilted gaze" [3] that "stands solid and quietly, a strong and simple form ... a serene spirit that offers us in this troubled age the tranquility we find too seldom". [4]
The smallest bird nests are those of some hummingbirds, tiny cups which can be a mere 2 cm (0.8 in) across and 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) high. [1] At the other extreme, some nest mounds built by the dusky scrubfowl measure more than 11 m (36 ft) in diameter and stand nearly 5 m (16 ft) tall. [2] The study of birds' nests is known as caliology.
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Galloway made extensive use of the Marian Rose in his liturgical signs, as well as being a practising "Marianist". The bowl, which is 18 in (46 cm) deep and 9.5 in (24 cm) wide has a drain. It now sits on a pedestal which was designed by the Aberdeen architect James Mitchell who provided the setting in 1851 when it was installed in St John's. [26]
The ornamental fountain stands in a circular pool of rendered brick with stone coping. It is in cast iron and consists of a central urn surmounted by a shallow bowl with busts around the sides. The fountain is surrounded by four youths holding tortoises, four dolphins and four large shells.
It stands on a square plinth, and consists of fluted base in the shape of a wine glass, a stem, and a gadrooned bowl, with egg and dart decoration. It has a copper lining. [18] [36] II: Lower terrace wall and balustrade, Tatton Hall