. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. Statues and Vases. 225 designed by Mr. F. W. Troup, where two leaden gods make music from vantage points afforded by the staircase piers. Of the many types of vases that are available, it is mipossible within the limits of this book to illustrate a series ; but we can at least show some differing examples, each good in its own way and appropriate to various surroundings. The stately pot that is seen in Fig. 332 is one of the brilliant works ascribed to Jan Van Nost. It stands on a terrace at Hamp- ton Court Palace, but is of moderate dimen- sions. I
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. Statues and Vases. 225 designed by Mr. F. W. Troup, where two leaden gods make music from vantage points afforded by the staircase piers. Of the many types of vases that are available, it is mipossible within the limits of this book to illustrate a series ; but we can at least show some differing examples, each good in its own way and appropriate to various surroundings. The stately pot that is seen in Fig. 332 is one of the brilliant works ascribed to Jan Van Nost. It stands on a terrace at Hamp- ton Court Palace, but is of moderate dimen- sions. It is suitable, therefore, to serve as. FIG. —FLOWER-POT ON MILLSTOXE AND MERCURY IN BACKGROUND. the chief feature of a small garden of formal design, that frames a house of early eighteenth cen- tury character. For- tunatelv, it has been well reproduced and can be obtained. As ]\Ir. L e t h a b y has written of it : " The little sitting figures (w h i c h form the handles), slight as they are, are charm- ing in their pose ; the folded arms and prettily-arranged hair give us a suggestion of life, which most of these things sup- posed to be in the classic taste ; In quite another manner is the lead pot (Fig. ^ii) with a band of open orna- ment traced in bright. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London, Country Life [etc. ]; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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