- The
fireplace mantel or
mantelpiece, also
known as a chimneypiece,
originated in
medieval times as a hood that
projected over a fire
grate to
catch the...
- My
Sister Lives On The
Mantelpiece is a 2011
novel written by
Annabel Pitcher. It won the 2012
Branford Boase Award, and
received at
least 25
other award...
-
pottery spaniel dogs,
standing guard,
which were
habitually placed on
mantelpieces in 19th-century homes.
Mainly manufactured in
Staffordshire pottery,...
- in an
empty room.
Above the
mantelpiece is a tall mirror. Only the
clock and two
candlesticks standing on the
mantelpiece are
reflected in the mirror...
- his
party trick:
leaping from a
stationary position backwards onto a
mantelpiece. C. B. Fry was born in Croydon, the son of a
civil servant. Both sides...
- rifle, had
scratched against the
mantelpiece. The
prosecution said that
paint chips identical to the
paint on the
mantelpiece had been
found on or
inside the...
-
objects of
considerable size
including vestibule vases 1.5
metres high and
mantelpieces ****embled from
several large sections.
Antique ironstone wares are collectable...
- stand-up frames. In middle-class homes, bric-à-brac was used as
ornament on
mantelpieces, tables, and shelves, or was displa**** in
curio cabinets;
sometimes these...
-
depicts a man
standing in
front of a mirror, but
whereas the book on the
mantelpiece is
reflected correctly, the man's
reflection also
shows him from behind...
- Britannia. Summerson's "
mantelpiece"
comparison inspired the
title of Conlin's 2006
history of the
National Gallery, The Nation's
Mantelpiece (op. cit.). The...
