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Faience vase attributed to Delftware factory, c. 1685-1690, in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Delftware faience jardiniere, c. 1695-1715, in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands ...

 


Vase of Aliénor (Eleanor)
Inscription on the base of the vase (see below) reads:Hoc vas sponsa dedit Anor Regi Ludvico, Mitadolus avo, mibi Rex sanctsque Sugerus.

Turned vase-shaped vertical post supporting the rail of a staircase or the splat of a chair.
Banding
Strip of veneer used as a border for table tops, drawer fronts, etc.

(of bottle, vase, violin, bone) → Hals m; (of land) → Landenge f
(of dress etc) → Ausschnitt m; it has a high neck → es ist hochgeschlossen
(also neck measurement) → Halsweite f ...

Vase in the shape of a horn, filled with fruit and decorated with flowers. A classic symbol of abundance.
Crosier. Staff, resembling a shepherd's crook, carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office.
Cross vault. * Vault.

urnAn Urn is a vase, originally used for storing the ashes of a cremated body. Empty urns have been popular garden ornaments.
V ...

Wittkower distinguished two types, one symmetrical in profile that inverted one bulbous vase-shape over another, separating them with a cushionlike torus or a concave ring, and the other a simple vase shape, first employed, according to Wittkower, ...

stirrip jar (14) -- a rounded vase with a double handle and a narrow spout (Biers, 338) Sample Image (Lesson 24)
stomion (10) -- the mouth or door passage of a tholos tomb (Vermeule, 387) Sample Image (Lesson 10)
straw-tempering (7) ...

baluster - one of a series of uprights, often vase-shaped, used to support a handrail
balustrade - the low wall made up of a series of balusters and railings ...

PLINTH (Gr. 7rXiveos, a square tile), the term in architecture given to the lower mouldings of a podium, pedestal or skirting; also to any rectangular block on which a statue or vase is placed, ...

the base of a column, statue, vase, or other upright work of art.
Pediment ...

Pedestal (c/f plinth, base) - A sub-structure below the base of a column (to give extra height, without modifying the proportion, or as the end of a balustrade, or of a statue, or vase.

The band across the top of the window is a stylized guilloche; the interweaving ribbons become a squared geometric pattern. The central spandrel, like the mullions, is wrought iron with an intricate stylized acanthus in a vase with a flowery ...

PebbledashingA form of wall covering in which pebbles or gravel are thrown at the wet plaster for a textured effect.PedestalA tall block carrying a classical column, statue, vase, etc.Pediment ...

Used to conceal and rods, hooks and other devices.
Balustrade:A vase shaped support used in a row topped off by a rail.
Arcade:An hollowed, arched roof area of a building.
Cupola:A small structure sitting on top of a dome.

- An interior non load bearing wall, one storey or part storey in height.
Passage - Act of passing, transition, lapse course, means of passing to and fro, a corridor, a channel.
Pedestal - The support of a column, statue, vase.

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