The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . mate andhydraulic music. ^ Defoes Tour through the whole with festoons and four faces on each Island of Great Britain, vol. ii., p. 246. Urne and for sever^ ffoot of superficial! Treasury Papers, vol. Ixvii., No. molding in a pair of Peers adjoyning 14. See Appendix A. In the Audit to House before the Princesss Office Declared Accounts,^\xwd\^2\Z2, Lodgings—apparently those in the No. 299, we find further particulars little garden called Lady Morningtons relating to these works and those in the (see post), Chapter XXI Garden and Wild
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . mate andhydraulic music. ^ Defoes Tour through the whole with festoons and four faces on each Island of Great Britain, vol. ii., p. 246. Urne and for sever^ ffoot of superficial! Treasury Papers, vol. Ixvii., No. molding in a pair of Peers adjoyning 14. See Appendix A. In the Audit to House before the Princesss Office Declared Accounts,^\xwd\^2\Z2, Lodgings—apparently those in the No. 299, we find further particulars little garden called Lady Morningtons relating to these works and those in the (see post), Chapter XXI Garden and Wilderness, espe- ^ See ante, p. for carving two large Urnes 1699] London and Wise s Style of Gardening. One of London and Wises garden curiosities at HamptonCourt was an arbour, which was still in existence some tenor fifteen years ago, but which has unfortunately since thenbeen entirely removed, instead of being repaired andpreserved, as it might have been. It was described in anaccount of these gardens written in 1783,^ as a most elegant. The Flower-Pot Gate. alcove, consisting entirely of, and arched over with, the carpenter cannot be too much commendedfor the execution of his work, yet there is certainly agreat absurdity in such a building, as it neither excludeswind, sun, or rain. This arbour was built against the wallof the garden at the north end of the Lime Walk. Arch(Bologia^ vol. vii., p. 124. 74 History of Hampton Court Palace. [1699 In the same part of the gardens, at the north end of theGreat Broad Walk, is a beautiful old gate, known by thename of the Flower-Pot Gate, which must have beenerected about this time. It is flanked by two handsomelycarved piers of Portland stone, which, among other orna-ments, have panels carved with William initials, anda sceptre and sword crossed, with the crown above. Thepiers are surmounted by charming figures of boys bearingbaskets or pots of flowers, whence the name of this gate. From Londons estimate
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