On the wall at the end of the turn was an ormolu mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Modesty Blaise]
On the mantelpiece, a small ormolu clock ticked quietly. From Wordnik.com. [Temporary Wife]
Tell my auntie it was me that pawned the ormolu clock. From Wordnik.com. [lazarus Diary Entry] Reference
Just then the ormolu clock on the mantel-piece struck ten. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
A hideous ormolu clock ticked sonorously in the center of the mantel. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
The ormolu clock on the drawing-room mantelpiece had just chimed eleven. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Home] Reference
This happens to be a Napoleonic commode with its original ormolu facade. From Wordnik.com. [Gold of Kings] Reference
OTHER ELEGANT CLOCKS, in ormolu; China essence, and flower vases; a large. From Wordnik.com. [The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales"] Reference
How many overwrought funerary urns can one admire without ormolu fatigue?. From Wordnik.com. [Flights of Fancy, Centuries Apart] Reference
Added to this luxury were three ormolu chandeliers, one as large as a settee. From Wordnik.com. [The Laird Who Loved Me] Reference
They are ornate, with ormolu (imitation gold leaf) feet and floral adornments. From Wordnik.com. [An Imperial Journey] Reference
Suraklin shut the box and handed it to Leynart with a glance at the ormolu clock. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
The metal was softened in outline by engraving, and then ormolu mounts were added. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
In the living room, he found a quite decent ormolu clock, its hands stuck at 3:21. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
The dragon mounts of ormolu on it show the strong influence the Orient had at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
On the mantel was a jade leopard with eyes of obsidian and a gold ormolu clock, unwound. From Wordnik.com. [Call Of The Heart]
Nangi heard the stertorous ticking of an ormolu clock, the creak of timbers above their heads. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
There were twenty bedraggled peacock quills at least wilting in the rings of the ormolu inkstand. From Wordnik.com. [Nightside The Long Sun]
In the ensuing silence, Wolf heard the antique ormolu clock on the living room mantel strike the hour. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
He paused, looking at the spacious rug, which was of warm blues and creams, and at the gilt ormolu bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
This evening, in the drawing-room, there were two very pretty ormolu caskets upon the little marble table. From Wordnik.com. [Wylder's Hand] Reference
Her nerves taut as newly tuned piano wire, Diana flinched, then glanced at the ormolu clock on the mantel. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
The ormolu mounts were most elaborate, curved and ornate like the carving, and were used wherever possible. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
His pale face was dreadfully white, his hair was the brassy gold of ormolu against the colour of old ivory. From Wordnik.com. [Tour de Force]
She had all sorts of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings in gold, in garnets, in mother-of-pearl, in ormolu. From Wordnik.com. [Mens Wives] Reference
The fourth and last mantelpiece is painted black, and ornamented with ormolu; it contains a polished steel stove. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Fair] Reference
The little ormolu clock, regardless of emotion, ticks on undisturbed until three full minutes vanish into the past. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Verity poked determinedly at her embroidery and kept glancing at the ormolu mantel clock, which appeared to have stopped. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
It contained an exquisite screen, a French ormolu desk, some elegant chairs and a certain lavishness of porcelain amoretti. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
Three ormolu fenders, and five bright ones are placed together with the mantelpieces; and they certainly make a goodly show. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Fair] Reference
Ian stood there for a moment, feeling as if the gilt hands of the ormolu clock on the mantel had somehow gone sweeping backward. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil Wears Plaid] Reference
Carla finished telling them about her latest boyfriend and glanced at the ormolu clock on the mantelpiece of the Louis XVI fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Lady]
Mass-produced paintings hung on the walls; precious glass-front cabinets held worthless accessories - ormolu clocks, porcelain kittens. From Wordnik.com. [The Outlaws] Reference
They sold ormolu-encrusted furniture fit for palaces, and massive porcelain urns, all at prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall of Roberto Polo] Reference
None of the pinchbeck pedigrees and ormolu titles of the continent. From Wordnik.com. [Endymion] Reference
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