Favoritka Fountain

The "Favorite" Fountain in the Lower Park of Peterhof, located at the western Voronikhin Colonnade, was created based on Peter I's design as part of a series of "fabular" fountains depicting scenes from Aesop's fables. Water streams flow from the mouths of ducks and a small dog, accompanied by sounds of barking and quacking, which were originally produced by records inside copper tubes embedded in the figures. A duck that survived the German occupation and fragments of a water wheel were used during the fountain's restoration in 1957, while the sculptural decoration of the new figures was created by B. Ya. Vorobyov. In 2009, the figures were updated, and the previous sculptures, including a 19th-century duck, are kept in the museum's funds; the object is also registered in the Unified State Register of Cultural Heritage Objects.