3-003-710 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Royal Dairy at Frogmore, near Windsor, 1861. 'The new Royal dairy...just completed, is a perfect gem of taste and art...The length is divided into a centre and two sides, formed by size octangular columns, having highly-enriched capitals, harmoniously coloured; the shafts are also delicately pencilled. Between these pillars and around the sides of the walls, are arranged tables of white marble...Beneath them are reservoirs...which are supplied by a clear running stream of cold water...There are ten windows of richly-stained glass, composed of may-blossoms, primroses, daisies and buttercups...In the centre...is a fountain, composed of...an elegant figure of a nymph in white marble, holding a vase, from which flows a stream of water...Between the windows...are fourteen bas-reliefs in majolica, representing the Four Seasons, and various agricultural subjects. Above these is an elaborate frieze, in the Cinque Cento style, bearing medallions of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and all the Royal family...The whole was designed by Mr. John Thomas...and ably carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Turnbull...The majolica ware and encaustic tiles were manufactured expressly for this work by Messrs. Minton'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.