CHAPTER XIII. 



Cases^ Mounts,, Shields, Egg Cabtnets, Rockwork, 

 Ferns, Grasses, Sea- weeds, etc., for ^^ Fitting up.-'' 



Cases can be made in all styles. Tlie oldest is the "box," 

 wbicli needs no description. iN'ext in age is tlie "canted- 

 comer case," a must odious abomination beloved of tbe 

 amateur ; the shape of the ground plan being as Fig. 38. A to 

 A the front, B to B the back, C is glass, the points A A 

 are wooden or metal uprights, pinning together top and 



A c A 



Fig. 38.— Plan of "Canted-coener" Case. 



bottom ; B B B B is wood ; hence it follows that all the space 

 outside the dotted lines is useless, or if used at all, the uprights 

 (A A) cross perhaps the most important part of the work, so 

 that this shaped case resolves itself into the following difficulty : 

 either the case is too large for the object, or two lines cross it. 

 The usual glass-ended square case is easily made by any 

 amateur joiner in this wise : Take two pieces of wood for 



