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The capitals were in the shape of lilies.
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Hiram's next project was to make the Sea - an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet tall, and forty-five feet in circumference.
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Just under the rim there were two bands of decorative gourds, ten gourds to each foot and a half. The gourds were cast in one piece with the Sea.
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The Sea was set on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the bulls faced outward supporting the Sea on their hindquarters.
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The Sea was three inches thick and flared at the rim like a cup, or like a lily. It held about 11,500 gallons.
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Hiram also made ten washstands of bronze. Each was six feet square and four and a half feet tall.
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They were made like this: Panels were fastened to the uprights.
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Lions, bulls, and cherubim were represented on the panels and uprights. Beveled wreath-work bordered the lions and bulls above and below.
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Each stand was mounted on four bronze wheels with bronze axles. The uprights were cast with decorative relief work.
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Each stand held a basin on a circular engraved support a foot and a half deep set on a pedestal two and a quarter feet square. The washstand itself was square.
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The axles were attached under the stand and the wheels fixed to them. The wheels were twenty-seven inches in diameter;