 | English literature - 1858 - 746 pages
...the shell of that animal for his model. It is composed of very fine clay, and is now of a light brown colour, except where encrusted upon the edge and one...of the vessel. This beautiful little urn stands but 2J inches high, and is 3 J across the outer margin of the lip, which is the widest portion. Its decoration... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde - Archaeology - 1863 - 672 pages
...that used in Wakeman's " Handbook of Irish Antiquities," and the drawing is not made to the same scnle as that of No. 13, Fig. 128. size), which, so far...beautiful little urn stands but 2£ inches high, and is 3| across the outer margin of the lip, which is the widest portion. Its decoration consists of nine... | |
 | Architecture - 1868 - 758 pages
...* Reproduced from the Journal Aft/i. Institute, vol. viii. p. 200. t PfoetftHny/i, vol. iv. p. 36. It possesses the rare addition of a handle,* which...vessel. This beautiful little urn stands but 2| inches in height, and is 3| inches across the outer margin of the lip, which is the widest portion. Its decoration... | |
 | Archaeology - 1868 - 460 pages
...the artist took the shell of that animal for his model. It possesses the rare addition of a handle,9 which has been tooled over like the rest of the vessel. This beautiful little urn stands but 2-| in. in height, and is 3f in. across the outer margin of the lip, which is the widest portion. Its decoration... | |
 | Anthropology - 1869 - 1080 pages
...strongly marked that one is led to believe the artist took the shell of that animal for his model. .... It possesses the rare addition of a handle,* which...of the vessel. This beautiful little urn stands but two inches and one-third in height, and is three inches and three-quarters across the outer margin... | |
 | Anthropology - 1869 - 558 pages
...strongly marked that one is led to believe the artist took the shell of that animal for his model. .... It possesses the rare addition of a handle,* which...of the vessel. This beautiful little urn stands but two inches and one-third in height, and is three inches and three-quarters across the outer margin... | |
 | Anthropology - 1869 - 548 pages
...strongly marked that one is led to believe the artist took the shell of that animal for his model. .... It possesses the rare addition of a handle,* which...of the vessel. This beautiful little urn stands but two inches and one-third in height, and is three inches and three-quarters across the outer margin... | |
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This beautiful little urn stands but 2£ inches high, and is 3| across the outer margin of the lip, which is the widest portion. Its decoration consists of nine sets of upright marks, each containing three cross-barred elevations, narrowing towards the... 