Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
1 He looked wistfully at the dice and box lying on the mantlepiece .
2 Duncombe leaned one elbow upon the mantlepiece , and turned towards his companion.
3 Upon the mantlepiece , in a small velvet frame, was Vincent Favoral's portrait.
4 I have an angel figurine on my mantlepiece with 'HOPE' written on it.
5 As she muttered this the little ormolu clock on the mantlepiece struck twelve.
6 He could see nothing, hear nothing except the clock ticking upon the mantlepiece .
7 Eight o'clock sounded from the ruins of Carthage on the mantlepiece .
8 As the clock on the mantlepiece struck half-past ten, he started and stopped.
9 Once more the old dealer had come up to the mantlepiece .
10 The mantlepiece was adorned with a few photographs and a vase of fresh-gathered flowers.
11 On the mantlepiece lay the torch of the intruder.
12 The mantlepiece was draped in red serge, ball fringed.
13 Ankhor frowned as he saw the small statue on the mantlepiece turned to one side.
14 Garlands drape the mantlepiece and Victorian-style Christmas stockings hang from each end of the fireplace.
15 The bronze figures on the mantlepiece - clock were biblical personages; and the other bronzes were simply hideous.
16 At this point Helen was found trying to pull the marble clock down from the mantlepiece .
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