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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 264

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Fig. 213.—Bronze Tripod, Greco-Roman. Fig. 214.—Folding Tripod,Roman. a handle or knot usually of figure design, the whole sur-face of the body being covered with engraved figure com-positions and ornamental borders. They were probablyused to contain jewellery and trinkets. Some very finespecimens…

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