Hennessy Hall Fountain

Fundy Stonecraft was contracted to design and carve three replacement stones for a badly deteriorated fountain on the historic Twombly Florham Estate, now part of Farleigh Dickenson University. The design of the replacement stones involved detailed measurements of the existing stones, researching historic photographs to provide missing information (bowl dimensions, carving details), and computer and clay modelling of the bowl and pedestal. The replacement design proposal was submitted:

Hennessy Hall Design Proposal2Download
A historic photo suggesting the depth of the bowl prior to its delamination
Clay maquette of the dolphin/fish design
Clay maquette of the dolphin/fish design
Clay maquette of the dolphin/fish design and cartouche
Replacing deteriorated elements of the lion head
Completing the banker work on the pedestal
Using a “pointing machine” to transfer established reference points from the original stone to the replacement
Replacement Lion’s Head in progress
Replacement Lion’s Head in progress
Completed Cartouche
Completed Lion’s Head
Bowl replacement in progress
Me and my assistant sanding the scuppers on the completed bowl
Completed pedestal carving
Completed pedestal carving
The installed Lions Head
The complete installation. Installation was completed by Knapp Masonry

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