The only place the three figures belong is in an ornate Italian Renaissance palazzo amid plump plaster cherubs and painted, cloud-enthroned Roman gods.

Morrison used his grandson as a model for the plaster cherubs and modelled the full figured seen near the stage after Bacchus and Apollo.

It was all white and gold, with plaster cherubs on the ceiling.

She scooped up a fat plaster cherub and sent it crashing into the wall.

The corridor beyond was decorated with plaster cherubs, roses, and swags in case Penny herself chose to use it.

Flood was standing under a lamp, plaster cherub holding the shade aloft.

There are painted plaster cherubs in the drawers, dolls on a bench, "The Little Prince" in a basket of books.

General Edwardian alterations included plaster cherubs in the morning-room.

This plaster cherub, for $26, is part of a collection of eye-catching reproductions from Gargoyles Studio in Brooklyn.

Though plaster cherubs still ring the domed ceiling, they seem to float in a miasma of mold-colored decay.