mantelpiece

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Their work had an unlikely brush with literary fame: during a visit in 1873, Mark Twain was so taken with the dining‑room mantelpiece at Ayton Castle that he purchased it.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

The density of the ornament is matched only by its cheapness, with chalices lined up on the mantelpiece like the decorator raided the trophy case of a middle-school gymnasium.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

This product is about 4 inches long, with a string for hanging from your rearview mirror or mantelpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Pictures of Kody, his older brother and their grandfather — all in their Navy uniforms — rest on the mantelpiece next to the folded flag from Kody’s funeral.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

“My nails are a sight from all that scouring,” she said, taking a long file off the mantelpiece and smoothing a frayed thumbnail.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns