A popular treatise on gems, in reference to their scientific value; a guide for the teacher of natural sciences, the jeweller, and amateur: together with a description of the elements of mineralogy, and all ornamental and architectural materials .. (1859)
Feuchtwanger, Lewis. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 438
give thefollowing diagram, showing a fac-simile of a portion ofthe inlaid-work in one of the tables which were exhibitedin the London Worlds Exhibition, in 1851. • In this diagram the dark line represents the outline ofthe flowers, leaves, &c., and the dotted part, the lineswhere the different… … Fig. 11. True Florentine mosaic, of fine design and good taste,was in profusion from Tuscany and St. Petersburg. A jewel-case belonging to the Empress of Russia, wasparticularly worthy of notice: it was constructed of wood,having the four sides and top covered with groups of fruitcut in pietra…
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