Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 306
ee countenancedby the fashion in which many of the ancient candelabra aremade. Sometimes the stem is represented as throwing out buds;sometimes it is a stick, the side branches of which have beenroughly lopped, leaving projections where they grew; some-times it is in the likeness of a reed or cane,… … 290 DOMESTIC UTENSILS. the details of the ornaments admit of infinite variety. All standon three feet, usually griffins or lions claws, which support alight shaft, plain or fluted according to the fancy of the maker.The whole supports either a plinth large enough for a lamp tostand on, or a socket…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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