Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 122
in large quantities from Alexandria, for purposes of glassmaking, the soda of Egypt being famed for this purpose,as it was prepared from the many marsh-loving plants thatgrew luxuriantly in the Delta. EGYPTIAN ART. loi Gold had always been more plentiful than silver inancient Egypt. It was found in… … iii^liiiii^ilM^ A\^:<y^^\ Fig. 137.—Sphinx with Human Hands ; Bas-Relief from Prisse. (P. & C.) the great quantities of gold objects and ornaments thathave been found in the tombs, and the scarcity of silverornaments. The Egyptian goldsmiths made all kinds of
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