mantlepiece

Historical Examples

• Eight o'clock sounded from the ruins of Carthage on the mantlepiece.

  The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

  Anatole France

• He sat down opposite me and pointed to a photograph in the centre of his mantlepiece.

  Hilda Wade

  Grant Allen

• He turned as white as the sheet on the bed, and clutched the mantlepiece.

  The Observations of Henry

  Jerome K. Jerome

• If you want to do some writing, that's the top of the desk on end against the mantlepiece.

  A Thief in the Night

  E. W. Hornung

• Edward was standing near the mantlepiece immersed in the paper.

  A Bed of Roses

  W. L. George