Statues and Vases. 



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designed by Mr. F. 

 W. Troup, where two 

 leaden gods make 

 music from vantage 

 points afforded by the 

 staircase piers. 



Of the many 

 types of vases that 

 are available, it is 

 impossible within the 

 limits of this book to 

 illustrate a series ; 

 but we can at least 

 show some differing 

 examples, each good 

 in its own way and 

 appropriate to various 

 surroundings. The 

 stately pot that is 

 seen in Fig. 332 is one 

 of the brilliant works 

 ascribed to Jan Van 

 Nost. It stands on 

 a terrace at Hamp- 

 ton Court Palace, but 

 is of moderate dimen- 

 sions. It is suitable, 

 therefore, to serve as 



FIG. 330. FLOWER-POT ON MILLSTONE AND 

 MERCURY IN BACKGROUND. 



the chief feature of a 

 small garden of 

 formal design, that 

 frames a house of 

 early eighteenth cen- 

 tury character. For- 

 tunately, it has been 

 well reproduced and 

 can be obtained. As 

 Mr. Lethaby has 

 written of it : ' The 

 little sitting figures 

 (which form the 

 handles) , slight as 

 they are, are charm- 

 ing in their pose ; the 

 folded arms and 

 prettily-arranged hair 

 give us a suggestion 

 of life, which most 

 of these things sup- 

 posed to be in the 

 classic taste lack." 

 In quite another 

 manner is the lead 

 pot (Fig. 333) with a 

 band of open orna- 

 ment traced in bright 



FIG. 331. STATUES GUARDING STAIRWAY. 



