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ORNAMENTAL VASES AND CHIMNEY TOPS. 



at the present moment, confine our no- y 

 tice chiefly to two articles most in de~< r^r 

 mand in the United States, — chimney \_A 

 tops and vases. 



The cottage ornce demands some- 

 thing more tasteful than the clumsy old 

 form of the common brick chimney. 

 To separate the square mass into a 

 stack of distinct planes, each nicely 

 moulded and proportioned, is to give 

 a lightness and elegance to the chim- 

 ney, which constitutes one of the lead- 

 ing features of English rural archi- 

 tecture. 



It has hitherto been difficult to build 

 handsome stacks of ornamental chim- 

 neys in this country, partly because we 

 have, as yet, no bricks moulded in the pro- 

 per forms, and partly because the chimney 

 tops, hitherto made in Roman cement, are 

 not found to stand the climate of the north- 

 ern states. 



As we have made some inquiries of a 

 disinterested builder, who has pretty tho- 

 roughly tested the Garnkirk chimney tops, 

 in situations exposed to the utmost vicissi- 

 tudes of summer and winter in the northern 

 states, we have liitle hesitation in recom- 

 mending this material to very general use. 

 It is of a very agreeable drab, or fawn 

 colour, naturally, and maybe painted so as 

 to correspond with the hue of any building 

 upon which it is used. 



These chimney tops are made in a great 

 variety of patterns and sizes, to suit houses 

 of different dimensions. Fig. 2, shows five 

 forms of chimney tops, for cottages of small 

 size. Thus, a is 2 feet 8 inches high, b 3 

 feet 6 inches, c 3 feet, d 3 feet 3 inches, e 

 3 feet 4 inches. The prices of these range 

 from $2.25 to $3.25 each.* 



Fig. 3, represents three forms, also suitable 



* We give prices for the accommodation of our western 

 readers ai.d coirespoiidents. 



Fig. 3. — Three Medium Sized Chimney Tops. 



for Gothic cottages, but of larger size. The 

 heights of these are as follows : a, 4 feet 9 

 inches ; b, 4 feet 6 inches ; c, 6 feet. Pri 



ces from $4 to $6.75. 



Fig. 4. — Three Grecian or Italian Chinmei/ Tops. 



Fig. 4, shows three forms of chimney 

 tops, suitable for small cottages in the Ital- 

 ian or Grecian style. They are only 3 to 

 4 feet in height, and cost from $2.75 to 

 $5.50 each. 



Figs. 5 and 6, show eight richly orna- 

 mented shafts, in the Elizebethan style, 

 copied after some of the finest antique speci- 

 mens. These are each 6 feet high, and are 

 admirably adapted to ornamental villas of 

 the first class. Some of the richest efTects, 



