mantelshelf

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Nine years away from the West End stage, frolicsome Actress Sarah Churchill buckled down for her mantelshelf solo as the protagonist in a forthcoming production of Sir James Barrie's Peter Pan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, one could hardly believe two whole hours had elapsed when Miss Kenton looked up at the clock on the mantelshelf and said she would have to be returning home.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Taking one of these down, Mr. Bankes proceeded to fill it from a tobacco jar which stood in a corner of the mantelshelf.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

Thresk rose from his seat and crossed to the mantelshelf on which a box of cigars was laid.

From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Finally, he took a large meerschaum pipe from the mantelshelf in the smoking-room and smoked it in the drawing-room, a thing he would not have dared to do--very properly--if Miss Maynard had been at home.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard