Chats on Old Copper and Brass

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

GLOSSARY

CHAPTER I THE METAL AND ITS ALLOYS

CHAPTER II THE HUNTING GROUND

CHAPTER III PREHISTORIC BRONZES

CHAPTER IV GREEK AND ROMAN CURIOS

CHAPTER V MEDIAEVAL ANTIQUITIES

CHAPTER VI LATER METAL-WORK

CHAPTER VII CHURCH BRASSWORK

CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC UTENSILS

CHAPTER IX CANDLESTICKS AND LAMPS

CHAPTER X BELLS AND BELL-METAL CASTINGS

CHAPTER XI CIVIC EMBLEMS AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

CHAPTER XII BRONZES AND THEIR REPLICAS

CHAPTER XIII ORIENTAL BRONZES AND BRASSES

CHAPTER XIV IDOLS AND TEMPLE RELICS

CHAPTER XV NATIVE METAL-WORK

CHAPTER XVI CONTINENTAL COPPER AND BRASS

CHAPTER XVII SUNDIALS, CLOCKS, AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS

CHAPTER XVIII ENAMELS ON COPPER

CHAPTER XIX MISCELLANEOUS METAL CURIOS

CHAPTER XX WRINKLES FOR COLLECTORS

INDEX

BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS
With Frontispieces and many Illustrations.

  • CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA.
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE.
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON OLD PRINTS.
  • (How to collect and value Old Engravings.)
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON COSTUME.
  • By G. Woolliscroft Rhead.
  • CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK.
  • By E. L. Lowes.
  • CHATS ON ORIENTAL CHINA.
  • By J. F. Blacker.
  • CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES.
  • By J. J. Foster, F.S.A.
  • CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE.
  • (Companion volume to "Chats on English China.")
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON AUTOGRAPHS.
  • By A. M. Broadley.
  • CHATS ON PEWTER.
  • By H. J. L. I. MassÉ, M.A.
  • CHATS ON POSTAGE STAMPS.
  • By Fred. J. Melville.
  • CHATS ON OLD JEWELLERY AND TRINKETS.
  • By MacIver Percival.
  • CHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE FURNITURE.
  • (Companion volume to "Chats on Old Furniture.")
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON OLD COINS.
  • By Fred. W. Burgess.
  • CHATS ON OLD COPPER AND BRASS.
  • By Fred. W. Burgess.
  • CHATS ON HOUSEHOLD CURIOS.
  • By Fred. W. Burgess.
  • CHATS ON OLD SILVER.
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON JAPANESE PRINTS.
  • By Arthur Davison Ficke.
  • CHATS ON MILITARY CURIOS.
  • By Stanley C. Johnson.
  • CHATS ON OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES.
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN.
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE.
  • (Companion volume to "Chats on Old Silver.")
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • CHATS ON OLD ENGLISH DRAWINGS.
  • By Randall Davies.
  • CHATS ON WEDGWOOD WARE.
  • By Harry Barnard.

  • BYE PATHS OF CURIO COLLECTING.
  • By Arthur Hayden.
  • With Frontispiece and 72 Full page Illustrations.

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD.
NEW YORK: F. A. STOKES COMPANY.


FIG. 1.—FINE COPPER EWER.
(In the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington.)


Chats on Old
Copper and Brass

BY
FRED. W. BURGESS
AUTHOR OF "CHATS ON OLD COINS," ETC.

WITH FRONTISPIECE AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND WASH DRAWINGS

T. FISHER UNWIN LTD
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

First Published 1914
Second Impression 1925

(All rights reserved)


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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