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Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects
Publisher: New York, B. Hessling
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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ig. 1), the Oriental metal Jugs, the Venetian small glassJugs, milk, coffee, tea and watering Pots, &c. Where a spout occuis:it is generally attached at the lower part or middle of the body, morerarely towards the top; and usually reaches to the level of the mouth.The Spout generally tapers in an upward direction; its orifice is some-times a mask or a widened mouth-piece; in the case of the Watering-pot it is furnished with a rose. The handle is vertical, or a hoop.Noteworthy is the long stump-handle of some modern Coffee-pots (fig. 9).The vessels of this group frequently have a lid. Pi-ATE 198. The Phe-spout Pot. 1. Italian Renascence, State-jug, metal, design by PolidoroCaravaggio, Uffizi, Florence. 2. Japanese, enamelled metal, Louvre, (Lart pour tous). 3. Arabian, metal, 16th century, Cluny Museum, Paris, (Lartpour tous). 4—5. Venetian glass, 16th century, (Hirth, and Lart pour tous).6. Modern Oriental, unglazed clay, from Jerusalem, United collections, Carlsruhe. VASES. 335
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The Pipe-spout Pot. Plate 198. 336 Tho Pipe-spout Pot. — The Bottle. 7. Oriental Tea-pot, painted china. 8. Milk-ewer, painted faience, 18th century, United collections,Carlsruhe. 9. Modern Coffee-pot. 10. Modern Tea-kettle, metal, hoop handle, with wooden guard. 11—13. Modern Watering-pots, sheet metal. The Bottle. (Plates 199—200.) The Bottle has a spherical, elongated, or bag body; and anelongated, narrow neck, which usually expands like a funnel towardsits upper extremity, and is sometimes closed by a stopper. Bottleshave either a ring foot or no foot at all, high feet are exceptional.Handles are seldom attached; where this is done, they appear in pairs.In the case of Pocket-flasks, which are usually of a disc or watchshape, the handle serves to attach the flasks to a cord or belt. Thematerial is chiefly glass; but clay and metal are also used. TheBottle form has been sijecially cultivated in the East, in Persia, China,Japan, &c. A natural model is frequently found in th

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