Shaw, Henry: The decorative arts, ecclesiastical and civil, of the Middle Ages (London, 1851)

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ierved in the tracery and mouldings throughout.

Our minor illustrations constst of four candlesticks. The one with a
tripod stand was made for the service of the altar. It is of the twelfth
century, and formed of copper-gilt, picked in with various coloured
enamels. The small bands round the top and bottom
of the bowl are of green and gold. The rays within
of light blue and gold, the knop of deep blue and gold,
and the scroll-work in the foot, of green, blue, and gold.

The original belongs to Mestrs. Colnaghi and Co., of
Pall Mall, East.

Our second example is a highly
curious specirnen formed of a rude
imitation of an elephant with a cas-
tle, or series of turrets, on its back.

The design is of the earlier portion
of the thirteenth century, and is in-
teresting as having a nozzle (which
from the rude ftyle of
the workmanship, and
J the colour of the metal

being in harmony with
the rest of the article, has
every appearance of be-
ing genuine) dating seve-
ral centuries earlier than
that feature was sup-
posed to have been in
use. This candlestick
appears to have been de-
stgned for domestic pur-
poses.

The third cut is one of a series of six altar candle-
sticks of various sizes, made (for the sake of being con-
veniently portabie) to fit one within the other, and
formed of a plain conical pricket riiing from a circu-
lar stand, the latter being covered with byzantine ena-
mel. It is of the thirteenth century, and peculiar as
showing the early introducftion of the lozenge ihaped
shield.

Our last engraving is from a German pidture of
the beginning of the sixteenth century.