. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The Rosette, Plate 115. 184 FEEE Plate 116. The Crocket, and the Gargoyle. The Crocket, and the Gargoyle. 185 The Crocket, and the Gargoyle. (Plate 116). Crocket is the designation applied to those excrescences whichappear on the edges of Spires, and Pinnacles, and on the raking lines ofGables, in the richer Gothic styles. Occurring at regular intervals,they form an ornamental interruption to the bald architectonic lines. At first of a rath
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The Rosette, Plate 115. 184 FEEE Plate 116. The Crocket, and the Gargoyle. The Crocket, and the Gargoyle. 185 The Crocket, and the Gargoyle. (Plate 116). Crocket is the designation applied to those excrescences whichappear on the edges of Spires, and Pinnacles, and on the raking lines ofGables, in the richer Gothic styles. Occurring at regular intervals,they form an ornamental interruption to the bald architectonic lines. At first of a rather naturalistic character (figs. 3 and 4), theyevolved during the decay of the style a more artificial character, as-suming bulbous forms (fig. 5), which have their own special peculiar-ities in England, France, and Germany. Crocket - ornamentation has more or less been copied fromstone Architecture in Fuiniture, Choir-stalls, &c. The arms of thelatter (figs. 6—10), and the miserere-seats, are often foliated like aCrocket. Metal, and particularly wrought-iron work, frequently makesuse of Crockets, in forms suited to the nature of the material,(figs. 11—12). Contrary to the
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