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Travels in South Kensington, with notes on Decorative art and architecture in England (1882)

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · London : Trübner & co. · leaf 75

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on. The bird tliat was VI THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. perched ou tlie top of King Koffees state chaii is also of fineworkmanship. It is rude in design, truly ; luit it is hardly ruderthan the gold dove, the ampulla which holds the oil used at Eng-lish coronations; and perhaps, like the latter, it… … ASHANTEE RELICS. will forever be considered the Iipest fruit of the long Victoiianand victorious era of Peace. It is quite impossible for me to invite my reader to an ex-ploration of the loan collections. Some of the ancient jewelleryand gold work which has been, or is, shown here is not…

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