Bye-paths in Curio CollectingT.F. Unwin Limited, 1919 - 462 psl. |
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27 psl.
... show , as was his forbear of Rheims , who purloined the Cardinal's ring officially cursed by the Church , and immortalized by Ingoldsby- stands as a type of many collectors who should know better . It is easier to buy a Whieldon plate ...
... show , as was his forbear of Rheims , who purloined the Cardinal's ring officially cursed by the Church , and immortalized by Ingoldsby- stands as a type of many collectors who should know better . It is easier to buy a Whieldon plate ...
40 psl.
... show the transitional stage before the intro- duction of drawers . In Holland the chest was spacious , and made of oak , walnut , sacerdaan , lignum vitæ or some other rich wood imported from the Dutch East Indies . The kas was the ...
... show the transitional stage before the intro- duction of drawers . In Holland the chest was spacious , and made of oak , walnut , sacerdaan , lignum vitæ or some other rich wood imported from the Dutch East Indies . The kas was the ...
41 psl.
... cellar ; the adjacent illustration shows how easy was the transition to the hutch or livery cupboard . Similarly the designer who first added a wooden back to the chest builded greater than he knew . He laid the CONCERNING BOXES 41.
... cellar ; the adjacent illustration shows how easy was the transition to the hutch or livery cupboard . Similarly the designer who first added a wooden back to the chest builded greater than he knew . He laid the CONCERNING BOXES 41.
51 psl.
... show massive construction . The heavy sides are braised together , and a lock extends across the inside of the lid with four bolts in one and three bolts in the smaller example . When the lid is slammed the bolts lock the box , which is ...
... show massive construction . The heavy sides are braised together , and a lock extends across the inside of the lid with four bolts in one and three bolts in the smaller example . When the lid is slammed the bolts lock the box , which is ...
87 psl.
... often have finely carved lids . A common form is the circular tin box having an inner lid or damper to cover the tinder , and a holder for candle at top of outer lid . The example illustrated ( p . 89 ) shows the MAN AND FIRE 87.
... often have finely carved lids . A common form is the circular tin box having an inner lid or damper to cover the tinder , and a holder for candle at top of outer lid . The example illustrated ( p . 89 ) shows the MAN AND FIRE 87.
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A. E. Smith amulets artistic beautiful Bible Bible box blue bowl brass cabinet candle carved casket Caspar Netscher Charles chest china Chinese coffer collection collector colour costume cups decoration Dutch ear-rings early earthenware eighteenth century enamel England English engraving Etruria Evil Eye examples exhibited factory faience fashion figures French glaze green handle head Hispano-Moresque House illustrated inches inscribed inscription Ireland Irish Italian jars Josiah Wedgwood ladies late eighteenth later Liverpool London Lowestoft marquetry metal modern origin ornament pack painted period pipe plate playing cards porcelain portrait printed profile painter Queen regard rich rococo Rouen royal salt salt cellars seventeenth century SHEFFIELD PLATED shows silhouette silver snuffers Spanish specimens spinning spinning-wheels Staffordshire style symbols tea-pot tiles tinder box tobacco tobacco boxes tobacco stoppers Toby jug toys transfer-printed types various vases ware wheel wood
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55 psl. - neath my tabernacle take my rest, With those nine columns round me, two and two, The odd one at my feet where Anselm stands: Peach-blossom marble all, the rare?; the ripe As fresh-poured red wine of a mighty pulse.
386 psl. - ... and can. I have heard that on a day Mine host's sign-board flew away, Nobody knew whither, till An astrologer's old quill To a sheepskin gave the story, Said he saw you in your glory, Underneath a new old sign Sipping beverage divine, And pledging with contented smack The Mermaid in the Zodiac.
113 psl. - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy. Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
384 psl. - It is the moon I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to...
157 psl. - For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten the forke which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...
199 psl. - We had an elegant house situated in a fine country, and a good neighbourhood. The year was spent in moral or rural amusements, in visiting our rich neighbours, and relieving such as were poor. We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fire-side, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.
128 psl. - ... any spring-gun, man-trap, or other engine calculated to destroy human life or inflict grievous bodily harm, with intent that the same or whereby the same may destroy or inflict grievous bodily harm...
68 psl. - If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost.
33 psl. - ... be served; the parlour is decorated with so many piles of china, that I dare not step within the door; at every turn of the stairs I have a clock, and half the windows of the upper floors are darkened that shelves may be set before them.
129 psl. - ... such as may have been or may be usually set or placed with the intent of destroying vermin : Provided also, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to make it unlawful to set or place, or cause to be set or placed, or to be continued set or placed, from sunset to sunrise, any spring gun, man trap, or other engine which shall be set or placed, or caused or continued to be set or placed, in a dwelling house, for the protection thereof.