. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. rn, Hindu, handle of wood, centre of pasteboard coveredwith silk, braid, and butterfly wings, bordered with peacockfeathers, (Frauberger). 12. Mediaeval, Eadial-fan, French, (Viollet-le-Duc). 13. Modern, Folding-fan, wood and grouse feathers. 14. Modern, Folding-fan, wood, painted silk, and gold. Various Tools. (Plate 240.) Among the Tools and Instruments which only occasionally oraccidentally receive an artistic finish we may mention: Hammers,Tongs, C
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. rn, Hindu, handle of wood, centre of pasteboard coveredwith silk, braid, and butterfly wings, bordered with peacockfeathers, (Frauberger). 12. Mediaeval, Eadial-fan, French, (Viollet-le-Duc). 13. Modern, Folding-fan, wood and grouse feathers. 14. Modern, Folding-fan, wood, painted silk, and gold. Various Tools. (Plate 240.) Among the Tools and Instruments which only occasionally oraccidentally receive an artistic finish we may mention: Hammers,Tongs, Compasses, Cocks, Pestles, Hour-glasses, and Clocks, alongwith many other things. No attempt can be made here to treatthese articles in detail. But it may be said that, in general, thehighly-decorated examples have been specially made for State-occasions,d. g. the Hammer (fig. 1), with which Pope Julius III inaugui-ated theJubilee year (1550) by knocking three times on the walled-up main-portal of S. Peters, as a sign that it should be opened. Plate 240 exhibits a number of such objects. Meyei-, Handbook of Ornament. 27 418 METAL Plate 240. Various Tools. Various Tools. 419 Plate 240. Various Tools. 1. Ceremonial-Hammer, silver gilt, Italian, 16th century, pre-sented by Gregory XIII to Duke Ernest of Bavaria, beneaththe enamelled armorial bearings is the inscription: Julius IIIPont. Max. Jubilaeum VIII condidit feliciter MCCCCCL.; therelief on the reverse shows Moses striking water from therock, with the words: Percussit petram et fluxerunt aquae,National Museum, Munich; (Kunsthandwerk). 2. Tongs, iron, German, Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg. 3. Snuffers, brass, German, Renascence, Germanisches Museum,Nuremberg. 4—5. Compasses, bronze, chased, engraved, and gilt, German, 16thcentury, half the size of the original. 6. Cock, brass, cast and chased, German, 16th century, ll^/^, (Vorbilder fiir die Kleinkunst in Bronze). 7, Match-holder, bronze, Modern.
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