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She reached the black japanned despatch case which had deceived her and picked it up.

He stooped and looked into the cab of the Daimler, then pulled out the black japanned despatch box.

The large japanned bathtub took up much of the space, but was almost overshadowed by the huge heating tank on the fuel-burning hot boiler.

In 1764 Eginton was employed as a decorator of japanned wares, but also did much work in modelling.

Merchants also offered japanned glassware.

There was a black japanned speaking trumpet with a braided silk lanyard, the case of pistols and the sword and belt.

Dr Vincent Crowe tapped the thick wodge of ,papers on his japanned black desk.

In response, makers of japanned ware began to focus on more utilitarian items, including japanned cash boxes.

Then the curtain rose on a magician and a girl, and a black japanned cabinet - a cabinet not unlike the one that sat in Diana's bedroom.

The curators have since determined that the chest is one of about three dozen surviving japanned pieces made in Boston in the first half of the 18th century.

Adroitly Tuppence dusted a little of the powder onto the letter and onto the surface of the glossy japanned enamel of the box.

According to Harold Sack, president of Israel Sack, a concern founded in 1905, the scarcity of japanned American furniture is nothing new.

On one side there was a screen, with a commode behind it; on the other stood a japanned press, its surface hard and black and glossy, like a beetle's back.

Handing Southwick the musketoon, he put the black japanned trumpet to his lips and methodically began shouting the string of familiar orders which would get the Triton under way.

While japanned surfaces are seen in a variety of colors, natural Asian lacquer comes in only red, black or green, which is actually black lacquer coated with yellow shellac.

The Black-shouldered or Japanned mutation was initially considered as a subspecies P. c. nigripennis (or even a species), and was a topic of some interest during Darwin's time.

The largest collection of American japanned furniture is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose William and Mary and Queen Anne highboys, lowboys, mirrors, a shaving stand and clock are on permanent display.

He had looped a cartridge belt around his neck as a sling, and the arm was supported partly by the belt and partly by the black japanned despatch case strapped to the pommel of his saddle.

A comfortable time of quiet again, as they wordlessly traded pieces of the newspaper back and forth, until the kettle in the kitchen bubbled, and she disappeared again, to return with three tin mugs on a cheap japanned tray.