mantelshelf

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Nine years away from the West End stage, frolicsome Actress Sarah Churchill buckled down for her mantelshelf solo as the protagonist in a forthcoming production of Sir James Barrie's Peter Pan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, one could hardly believe two whole hours had elapsed when Miss Kenton looked up at the clock on the mantelshelf and said she would have to be returning home.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Presently he stopped short before the fireplace, and contemplated the little silver figures standing in the niches of the highcarved mantelshelf.

From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary

Taking one of these down, Mr. Bankes proceeded to fill it from a tobacco jar which stood in a corner of the mantelshelf.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

He broke from his trance, took the lamp out of her hold, set it on the mantelshelf, and returned to her without a word.

From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia