Travels in Europe for the Use of Travellers on the Continent and Likewise in the Island of Sicily. to Which Is Added, an Account of the Remains of Ancient Italy
Travels in Europe for the Use of Travellers on the Continent and Likewise in the Island of Sicily. to Which Is Added, an Account of the Remains of Ancient Italy
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...use---Cups"1--Fruitplates, several of which are painted" tal; and several pieces of glass in this collection may be so described. (n) Some of the fruit-plates in the Museo Borbonico are of a concave form, with a well in the middle, probably meant to drain the dissolved snow from iced fruits, which were ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...use---Cups"1--Fruitplates, several of which are painted" tal; and several pieces of glass in this collection may be so described. (n) Some of the fruit-plates in the Museo Borbonico are of a concave form, with a well in the middle, probably meant to drain the dissolved snow from iced fruits, which were much esteemed by tiie Ancients.--Funnels--Incense-bottles, supposed to have been Lachrymatories, till lately found with odoriferous gums remaining in them--large Bottles of Medicines, found in an Apothecary's Shop at Pompeii--Necklaces--Cinerary Urns, in two of which remains of human bones are visible--and several pieces of Plate-glass, found in Pompeii,0 Second room, called the Cabinet of Gems. The Floor is composed of Ancient Mosaics: and here are, Rings--Necklaces--Ear-rings--Brooches--Chains--and Nets of gold--Leafgold, for gilding, found in Pompeii--Gold Lace without any mixture of silk, found in Herculaneum p--a small Deer, made of gold, and other gold ornaments of every description--a Purse, found in the hand of the Wife of Marcus Arrius Diomedes, at Pompeii--a Sun-dial of bronze incrusted with silver--silver Bracelets--Rings--Girdle-buckles--Pins, for fastening the hair--and others, used probably as laces for bodices and buskins q--a Mirror of metal, enamelled, and set in silver '--Silver Cups--Plates--Dishes--Salvers--Vases--a Patera--Spoons, the bowls of which are invariably round and deep--Bassi Rilievi--small Figures representing a winged Genius, a Love, &c.--a Serpent--a Stag--a large quantity of Colours used in fresco painting, with a Muller of verde antique; all found in a Painter's Shop at Pompeii--(some of the Colours are in a crude state, others appear to have been properly prepared for use s)--two Loaves of...
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