Pulhamite and Terracotta Fountain in Dunorlan ParkTomb of William Mulready in Kensal Green CemeteryDetail of a folly at Benington Lordship, Hertfordshire. Bricks can be seen beneath the artificial stone[1]
James Pulham and Son was founded by James Pulham (1765-1830) of Woodbridge in Suffolk, then succeeded by his son James (1793–1838) who was succeeded by his eldest son James (1820–1898) and then by two further generations of eldest sons, all named James. The firm went out of business in 1939.[3]
At the Great Exhibition of 1862, the firm exhibited the upper section of the Hebe Fountain, surmounted by a portrayal of the Greek goddess Hebe. James Pullham II (the son) received a recommendation for the architectural decoration in terracotta. The fountain is now at Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells.[4]
At the 1867 Paris Exhibition the company showed the "Preston vase" (several of which were made for the People's Park, Preston), and the Mulready monument.[5] The latter, modelled by Godfrey Sykes[2] consisted of a pedestal 15 feet long and 10 feet wide, supporting an effigy, seven feet long, on a raised bier. It won a silver medal at the exhibition, and was installed at Kensal Green cemetery on its return from Paris.[5]
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Statues on the Freemasons lodge (The Castle) at Woodridge (1814)
Statue of Old Father Time on the "Little Castle" at Woodridge (1816)
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