CONTINENTAL COPPER AND BRASS 313 Italian bronzes--French art--Dutch brasswork--German metal-work. CHAPTER XVII SUNDIALS, CLOCKS, AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS 327 The mystery of dialling--Some old dials--Antique clocks--Old watches--The weather--Scientific instruments. CHAPTER XVIII ENAMELS ON COPPER 347 Processes of enamelling--Chinese and Japanese enamels--British enamels. CHAPTER XIX MISCELLANEOUS METAL CURIOS 361 Tobacco-boxes and pipe-stoppers--Snuff-boxes--Handles and handle-plates--Horse-trappings--War relics--Tiny curios--Replicas. CHAPTER XX WRINKLES FOR COLLECTORS 385 Cleaning copper and brass--Lacquering metal--Polishing brass--Restoring antique finishes--Using the burnisher--Brass rubbings. INDEX 395 ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. 1. FINE COPPER EWER _Frontispiece_ PAGE 2. (1) BRONZE BUCKLER FROM THE THAMES VALLEY 39 3. (2) ANOTHER BUCKLER FROM ABERYSTWYTH 39 4. PART OF THE HOARD OF IMPLEMENTS OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE, FOUND IN KING'S CO., IRELAND 55 5. (1) BRONZE CALDRON 67 6. (2) URN OF THE LATER BRONZE AGE 67 7. BRONZE SAUCEPAN WITH FOLIATED HANDLE 85 8. EWER OF HAMMERED COPPER 85 9. LAMP OF CAST BRONZE 85 10. LAMP OF BRASS INLAID WITH COPPER 85 11. BRASS AQUAMANILE (SEVENTEENTH CENTURY) 99 12. BRASS _COUVRE DE FEU_, A RARE EARLY PIECE 113 13. COPPER VANE ON BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET 119 14. THE CITY DRAGON AS A WEATHER-VANE 119 15. COPPER COCK VANE, ONE OF FOUR ON SMITHFIELD MARKET 119 16. BRONZE KNOCKER OF THE ARMORIAL TYPE 129 17. BRASS DROP KNOCKER IN THE FORM OF A DOLPHIN 129 18. BRASS WELL BUCKET 129 19. CURIOUS DOUBLE CANDLESTICK 135 20. VENETIAN CANDELABRUM (ONE OF A PAIR) 141 21. BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND INCENSE BOAT 145 22. THE COPPER-GILT CROSS ON ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL 149 23. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ROOM IN THE LONDON MUSEUM 157