Village Tap
I designed a 10mm community tap with a water trough, the tap being fitted in a stone pillar. I was inspired by pictures of village taps in a book on German buildings.
Public water taps, fountains, wells, and water
pumps were most certainly far more numerous
in the villages and towns of Napoleonic Europe
than they are today. It was easy to forget that
almost everyone’s source of water in those days
was an outdoor public tap or well. It therefore
seemed appropriate that every tabletop village
should include a model of some kind to
represent the local community’s water supply.
It was tempting to stick the tap and trough
model on the base with the thatched cottages
(see Post 190) but I thought its design better suited a
more upmarket location.
The 10mm tap and trough model is available as a kit
here.
POST 192
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