CHATS ON OLD COPPER AND BRASS 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. [Illustration: 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_) PREFACE The collection of old metal may at first sight appear a somewhat unattractive hobby; a moment's reflection, however, brings to mind the wonderful art treasures of metal in our museums, gathered together from many parts of the world; not necessarily of the precious metals, for many of the most cunningly contrived objects of antiquarian research are of copper in one or more of its numerous forms of alloy.