He began using cream-colored stationery embossed with his name in terra-cotta letters: RAYMOND CARVER. From Wordnik.com. [Raymond Carver] Reference
Fine display of glazed terra-cotta work by Luca and. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Painted terra-cotta cones were also embedded in the plaster. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
How minutely expressive are the terra-cotta images of Spain!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
Nos. 11, 13, 15, and 16 are glazed terra-cotta figures by the. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
A few terra-cotta figures have been found, and one small gold image. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Both ways are explained below and are used today on terra-cotta work. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Plumbing] Reference
There is also "terra-cotta" clay, which, if moulded into shape, can be. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
It is noted for its terra-cotta ware, clocks, and Museum of Antiquities. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
Italian fashion, whose mellow terra-cotta blended effectively with the green mass below. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
We do not even know the date of the spirited terra-cotta reliefs discovered by Loftus and. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Far in advance of these, however, are the figurines of terra-cotta found on another altar. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Here they are made of terra-cotta, or baked clay, incrusted with the finest marble stucco. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Many reproductions of this vase in china and terra-cotta have made it known in wide circles. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
They were made of terra-cotta or metal, and their construction resembles those used by the Romans. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
There were also seventeen unvarnished vases of terra-cotta and seven clay dishes, and a large pestle and mortar. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The terra-cotta army was discovered in 1974 when local farmers digging a well struck baked clay instead of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Long March] Reference
He turned in his hands, that he might show all its outlines, a little terra-cotta reduction of the Antinous in the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It contains many fine examples of Greco-Roman sculptures, statues and reliefs, in marbles, terra-cotta and bronze. From Wordnik.com. [A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel] Reference
He made heads and human figures in relief, and architectural ornaments of glazed earthenware, terra-cotta invetriata. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
One of the most interesting items in the exhibition is a long model that shows how the terra-cotta figures were constructed. From Wordnik.com. [The Long March] Reference
Implements and ornaments of bone, stone, and shell, beads of terra-cotta and shell, small mollusks perforated for stringing. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Brunelleschi, and ornamented in 1470, by Andrea della Robbia, with pretty terra-cotta figures over the columns of the arcade. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The principal materials of which they are built are limestone, granite, marble and bricks, and terra-cotta of various colours. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The reliefs in terra-cotta, over the elegant bronze gates of the sacristies, are considered amongst the best works of Lucca della. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Also two terra-cotta funnels, at a depth of ten feet, with a letter which I have repeatedly met with on some of the terra-cottas. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
It is also used in making artificial stone, terra-cotta trimmings for buildings, artificial stone walks and floors, and the like. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Seven years ago a local peasant was caught with the pilfered head of one terra-cotta soldier; he paid for the crime with his life. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Robbers] Reference
The three-story base of the San Remo is covered with limestone, while the rest of the building has a brick and terra-cotta facade. From Wordnik.com. [San Remo Sales Records Near] Reference
Like them, the terra-cotta statuettes on slender columns, the groups of old Saxony, and the paintings of Sevres, spoke of past glories. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There has been much discussion as to its material, which seems, however, to be not terra-cotta or some other composition, but firestone. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
The antique cradle consisted of a flat swing of basket work, such as appears in a terra-cotta relief in the British Museum, of the infant. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
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