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

The liberally filled mantelshelf of plate 1 is at least not a mere labour of memory, though no one exceeds George Cruikshank in the pictorial multiplication of domestic details.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

Edward Morgan’s gaze followed her movements, as she walked to the fireplace and stood leaning with her arm on the mantelshelf, looking down on the hearth.

From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills

Humphreys was quite right; the clock upon the mantelshelf had gained fourteen minutes upon all our watches.

From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)