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Anvil Fountain

Norbert Rob Schittek & students of the Gesamtschule and Hauptschule Herbede
1988

Description

Fountain of an L-shaped brick wall, with a large anvil, and nine reliefs on the outside of the wall. The reliefs show smiths and iron tools and object, and ar are signed the first names of students of the HGS (Hardenstein Gesamtschule) and HHS (Herbede Hauptschule) and dated 1988. Probably they were made by these students during an art project.

Herbede - Amboss-Brunnen
Wheel, pincer and screws
Signed: 88 michael andre oliver hgs
Smith
Signed: inab hhs 88
Sickles
Signed: thomas edin cesar denis claudia kismet birgit hgs 88

Two blacksmiths with an anvil
Signed: alexandra k. kai-uwe l. hhs 88
Hammers, pincers and bolts
Signed: Julia + Thomas Herbede - Amboss-Brunnen
Two blacksmiths
Signed: Herbeder Hauptschule - sascha k. thomas k. hhs 88

Horse shoes and nails
Signed: nils julia frame torben hgs 88
Blacksmith shoeing a horse
Signed: sonja h. michael b. hhs 88
Horseshoes, nails, pincer, hammer and file, and a horse
Signed: siefel maja ana vera

Sculptors

Students of the Hardenstein Gesamtschule and Hauptschule Herbede.
Norbert Rob Schittek (1946), German architect and sculptor from Bad Nenndorf (Website – Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°25'23" - E 7°16'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw983; Photograph: 31 July 2022
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