pier glass

Example Sentences

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The place is unpretentiously furnished with family antiques, including alabaster figures of Venus & Adonis under an Early American pier glass.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind my half-head, in the center of the picture, in the empty sky, a pier glass is hanging, convex and encircled by an ornate frame.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

There is no pier glass in our house for me to practice on.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

There was a good iron bed, an excellent mattress, a dresser with a pier glass, and solid tables and chairs.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

It contained a pier glass fantastically stuck from top to bottom with New Year's cards, cards of congratulation, and illustrated advertisements of soaps and powders.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann