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Definition of Egg-and-tongue
1. Noun. A decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egg-and-tongue
Literary usage of Egg-and-tongue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities by Arthur Hamilton Smith, British Museum Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1900)
"1223, is immediately below the large egg and tongue moulding. A piece of the
small egg and tongue moulding along the top has been restored in plaster, ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1902)
"Below this is a very narrow raised band of extremely delicate egg-and- tongue
moulding. The whole under side of the bowl is covered with six embossed ..."
3. Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1908)
"Above, row of beads and egg-and-tongue pattern ; below, a flower with stem, and
leaves horizontally placed, below which is another flower. L 120. ..."
4. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1852)
"Here is the ornament known as the egg-and-tongue moulding, so common in Roman
... You will see that it resembles in all respects the egg-and-tongue moulding ..."
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