. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. y the shoulders (fig. 6). Plate 189. The Jar, the Cist, &c. 1. Antique, yellow clay, painted brown and red, this is the so-calledDodwell vase celebrated as the first-discovered of the vases inimitation of the Asiatic style, dug-up near Corinth. 2. Antique, yellow clay, painted red and brown. United collections,Carlsruhe. 3. Antique, with small Kylix as lid, yellow clay, painted brown andred, imitating the Asiatic style, Munich, (Lau). 4. Antique, black
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. y the shoulders (fig. 6). Plate 189. The Jar, the Cist, &c. 1. Antique, yellow clay, painted brown and red, this is the so-calledDodwell vase celebrated as the first-discovered of the vases inimitation of the Asiatic style, dug-up near Corinth. 2. Antique, yellow clay, painted red and brown. United collections,Carlsruhe. 3. Antique, with small Kylix as lid, yellow clay, painted brown andred, imitating the Asiatic style, Munich, (Lau). 4. Antique, black clay. 5. Antique, painted clay, belongs to the later period of the redfigure style, metal ring, Berlin, Museum. 6. Antique bronze Cist, Louvre, Paris, (Lai-t pour tous). 7. Modern Japanese, lacquered gold and black, the lid forms a dish,Landesgewerbehalle, Carlsruhe. 8. Old Persian, repousse copper, the decoration is too small to begiven, (Kuusthandwerk). 9. Modern Snuff-box, birch bark. 10. Modern Tobacco-jar, Norwegian, carved in wood, Landesgewerbe-halle, Carlsruhe. 11. Metal box, with collapsible Drinking-cup, Modern. VASES. 319. The Jar, the Cist, &c. Plate 189. 320 The Font, and the Holy-Water Stoup. — The Hydria. The Font, and the Holy-Water Stoup. (Plate 190.) Holy-water plays an impoi-tant part in many rites of the RomanCatholic Church. It is kept in Holy-water Stoups. These are bowls,either free, or attached to walls. In the former case, the form generallyapproaches that of the Krater; in the latter case, the edge projects asa half or three-quarter circle from the surface of the wall; and thestoup is supported on a pilaster, column, or console. For use inhouses: the Stoup takes the form of a suspended dish, as shown byfig. 11. The decoration is mostly symbolic, e. g. crosses, monograms,cherub-heads. Sec. Most of the examples are taken from the work byRaguenet, which contains a large selection of these objects. Plate 190. 1. Romanesque, minster, Weissenburg, (Raguen
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