Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 335
. Of all vases: it isthe most perfect in form; its aim being so well expressed in its con-struction. It must be easy to carry, convenient to fill and empty,and to hold as much fluid as possible; it therefore has a verticalbody of the shape of an inverted egg (this form places the centi-eof gravity… … The Font, and the Holy-Water Stoup. Plate 190. Meyer, Handbook of Ornament. 21 322 The Hydria. — The Bucket, &c. the greatest protuberance of the body, which served to raise the vessel•when full; the third is vertical, placed on one side of the ueck.which served to carry the vessel when empty,…
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