verd-antique

They were viridescent, almost metallic hued — verd-antique.

The Moon Pool 2004

Sanitary Fair, she also received a gold-lined silver goblet, and a verd-antique Roman bell -- the former bearing this complimentary inscription, "_Poculum qui meruit fuit_."

Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan

Bahat, "red marble," probably the verd-antique or half-porphyry of Egypt.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

The fluting was omitted on these, and when hard and semi-precious stone like porphyry or verd-antique was the material, it was highly polished to bring out its color.

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890

In the portico and also in the interior are noble columns of marble and verd-antique, and in the dome is a wonderfully quaint mosaic of the Transfiguration.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two 1885

The pavement of the church is composed of four hundred tombs of knights, incrusted with jasper, porphyry, verd-antique, and precious stones of various kinds, which should form the most splendid sepulchral mosaics conceivable.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two 1885

What had been clear green on the face of the cataract was here more like rich verd-antique, and had a look of firmness almost like that of the stone itself.

Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

This base, mechanical surprise (for it is a trick and not art) is effected by inlaying the white marble of columns and pulpits and altars with a certain pattern of verd-antique.

Venetian Life William Dean Howells 1878

What had been clear green on the face of the cataract was here more like rich verd-antique, and had a look of firmness almost like that of the stone itself.

Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells 1878

Here were clusters of frail marble columns, which, in the boudoirs of the sultanas, gave way to verd-antique incrusted with lapis lazuli.

Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Charles Morris 1877