mantelshelf

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“An acorn suspended by a piece of thread within half an inch of the surface of water in a hyacinth glass will, in a few months, burst and throw a root down into the water and shoot upwards its straight and tapering stem, with beautiful little green leaves. A young oak tree, growing in this way on the mantelshelf, is a very elegant and interesting object.”

From Scientific American

Grace's mother keeps a silver spoon in a box on the mantelshelf: "To sell it, Ma says, would be selling the fact that my ma was lady enough to own a silver spoon."

From The Guardian

I could see the sneer settle upon his lips, subtle as that was; and I should have liked to stand and watch him, for I am fond of watching the countenances of artists in their medium moments, when I saw that Miss Benette had stolen to the fire, and was leaning against the mantelshelf her infantine forehead.

From Project Gutenberg

Two tall wax-candles upon the mantelshelf were reflected in a tall mirror in tall silver sticks; the gold-colored walls were pictureless, and crimson damask was draperied and festooned at the shuttered window.

From Project Gutenberg

I was fond of the high mantelshelf, whose ornaments were a German model of a bad Haus, and two delicate wax nuns, to say nothing of the china candlesticks, the black Berlin screens, and the bronze pastille-box.

From Project Gutenberg