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A Cast Iron Pump That Has Not Stopped Running
The idea is that the pump is still working. An old cast iron hand pump, the kind that sat over a well in a farmyard, with its curved spout pointing down into a terracotta bowl, and water coming out of it continuously. Nobody is at the handle. It has simply never stopped.
That is a specific kind of garden piece. It is not abstract and it is not classical. It belongs with a farmhouse, a cottage garden, a vegetable plot, a porch with a chair on it, and it looks wrong beside poured concrete and glass. If that is the garden you have, there is not much else in the category speaking the same language.
Aged iron on the pump, terracotta on the bowls, stacked gray stone on the base. Three materials, all of them things you would find in a working yard. Sixteen and a half pounds, so one person carries it out and back.
What You Get With This Hand Pump Fountain
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A working hand pump, permanently.
Water comes out of the cast iron spout with nobody at the handle. It reads as a small scene rather than as a water feature, which is the reason to pick it.
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Three honest materials.
Aged iron, terracotta and stacked gray stone. All of them things you would find in a working yard, which is why it sits right in a farmhouse or a cottage garden.
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Sixteen and a half pounds.
One of the lightest pieces at this height. One person carries it out in spring and back in fall, and moves it around while deciding where it belongs.
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Lit in the bowls and at the base.
After dark the terracotta bowls and the ground around the base are lit, which picks the pump out as a silhouette against them.
It wants a setting that matches it. A cottage border, a vegetable plot, beside a shed or a greenhouse, at the end of a gravel path, or on a porch with timber and brick around it. Set against modern render and glass it will look like a prop. The spout faces one way, so put it where people come from. Level ground, since a tilted pump reads as a mistake rather than as character, and at sixteen pounds keep it out of an exposed corner.
Hand Pump Fountain Size, Weight, and Materials
| Dimensions | 32.3 in. high, 12 in. long, 15.4 in. wide, 16.5 lb |
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| Material | Resin |
| Finish | Aged iron, terracotta and stacked gray stone |
| Design | Cast iron style hand pump with terracotta catch bowls on a stone base |
| Pump | Included, recirculating |
| Power | AC plug in, 110V |
| Water flow | From the pump spout through two bowls |
| Lighting | Cool white light in the bowls and base |
| Water connection | Self contained, no plumbing required |
| Assembly | Fill it and plug it in |
| Recommended use | Outdoor |
Keeping This Hand Pump Fountain in Good Order
Hand Pump Fountain upkeep, in three lines
- Every few days Top up. The water must always cover the pump.
- Every 2 to 3 weeks Empty, rinse, wipe the pump screen, refill.
- Before the first frost Drain it completely and bring the pump indoors.
Top the base up as the water evaporates and flush the pump every two or three weeks. The terracotta bowls collect mineral film first in hard water ...
- 3 years Warranty against manufacturing defects
- 60 days Returns, no restocking fee
- Free shipping Continental US, from California or New Jersey
Questions About This Hand Pump Fountain
Does the handle work
Is the pump real iron
What garden does it suit
How heavy is it
Ships free from California or New Jersey, and it is covered for three years.
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