mantle-shelf

I suppose it will be a good memento for the mantle-shelf, or dart board, depending on your view.

PLP Do You Want Your Pic Taken With Blair? Kerron Cross 2007

Softly she closed the door, and placing the candle on the mantle-shelf, softly she knelt beside him, and softly touched his hand with hers.

The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

High backed chairs stood around the room; a venerable mirror stood on the mantle-shelf; rich curtains of crimson damask hung in folds at either side of the large windows; and a rich Turkey carpet covered the floor.

Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met William Wells Brown

The walls of this room were also decorated with prints and pictures, and on the mantle-shelf were some models in _terra cottia_ of

Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met William Wells Brown

Finally, she looked at the queer old clock on the kitchen mantle-shelf, and remarked:

Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Various

He walked across to the fireplace; and on the high mantle-shelf laid his arms and bowed his forehead to the marble.

If Winter Comes 1925

He drew a match along the bottom of the mantle-shelf, eyeing the back of the little Doctor's head as he did so, and slowly lit a cigar.

Queed Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

For instance, it was the first time that the marks on the mantle-shelf had been heard of outside the major's office, or the story so told as to make it evident that Mrs. Jeffrey could not have been alone in the house at the time of her death.

The Filigree Ball 1903

She set the gun out of sight against the mantle-shelf, and, walking over unwillingly, opened the door.

The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904

He waved his hand to the mantle-shelf where the six tall, white, waxen candles stood out from two wall sconces.

The Clue of the Twisted Candle Edgar Wallace 1903