Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 375
f histori-cal personages beingvery popular, while flow-ers, landscapes, fancyheads, the eagle andthirteen stars, and theever-favorite design ofthe monument andweeping willow appearin the bright tints ofthe enamel. DwightBlaney, Esq., of Boston,has a collection of overone hundred knobs.Washington,… … lllus. 286. —Enamelled MirrorKnobs, 1770-1790. 3S^ Furniture of the Olden Time A circular convex glass in a gilt frame is shownin Illustration 287. Such glasses were advertised as mirrors, in distinction from the looking-glasseswhich were in ordinary use, and they were sold in pairs, for…
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