An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 115
Fig. 217. Crown of HerMajesty the Queen. WORDS USED IN a bell, in which the ring is fixed from which theclapper is suspended. In architecture the spireof a steeple is said to crown the tower, or afleuron to crown a gable, &c. Crown. An old English coin, the value ofwhich has varied at different… … Fig. 218. Crown of the Rose. illustration represents the gold crown of HeniyVIII., dated 1462, called a crown of the Rose,value 4^. dd. Other crown pieces were called,from the mint-mark, crowns of the Sun. Croyle, O. E. Crewel; tightly-twistedworsted. Crozier, Chr. The name is often…
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