Glasgow Green is one of the city’s most popular green spaces and holds a lot of historical artefacts. Situated just in front of the people’s palace is the Doulton Fountain, built in 1887 for ...

Journalist and television presenter Kirsty Wark is just about to take the baton as the relay in Glasgow is set to resume. John McGowan carried the baton past the Doulton Fountain this morning.

with the Doulton Fountain, the largest terracotta fountain in the world that was gifted to Glasgow in 1888 in a bold statement of Empire celebration, can today be found in Glasgow Green.

There are two stories here: the story of the Doulton Fountain's first 114 years, and that of its last two. The fountain came into being for the 1888 Glasgow Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park ...

Besides the Doulton Fountain, built by London-based firm Doulton ... of and a souvenir jug that features a rhyme about Glasgow’s coat of arms. The glasshouse of the People's Palace and the ...

look out for monuments galore – from Glasgow’s own much older version of Nelson’s Column (erected in 1806) to St Andrew’s Suspension Bridge and the Royal Doulton Fountain. The green is ...

you state that the Doulton Fountain came from the Empire exhibition ... The exhibition held in Kelvingrove Park in 1888 was called the Glasgow International exhibition – the Empire exhibition ...

John McGowan carried the baton past the Doulton Fountain this morning. Image source, Glasgow 2014 The Doulton Fountain, external is believed to be the largest terracotta fountain in the world ...