Chats on Old Copper and BrassBurgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
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Chats on Old Copper and Brass
Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
Brasses; Brasswork; Copper; Copperwork; Metal-work -- Collectors and collecting
24. BRONZE CALDRON IN TRINITY HOSPITAL, LEICESTER 161
25. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRASS PAN 165
26. BRASS TRIPOD POT 165
27. CALDRON OF CAST BRASS 165
28. BRASS COOKING VESSEL WITH CURVED HANDLE 165
29. SKILLET (BRASS), THE HANDLE OF WHICH IS
ENGRAVED WITH THE MOTTO "PITTY THE PORE" 169
30 AND 31. BRONZE COOKING VESSELS, ATTRIBUTED TO
THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 169
32 AND 33. COPPER WATER JUG AND WATER POT 173
34. COPPER WATER JUG AND COVER 173
35. BRASS TWO-HANDLED WATER VESSEL 173
36. A FINELY-PIERCED BRASS TRIVET, DATED 1668 177
37. BRASS-TOPPED TRIVET, WITH ADDITIONAL LEG STAY 177
38. BRASS-TOPPED TRIVET, WITH TURNED WOOD HANDLE 177
39. COPPER HELMET-SHAPED COAL-BOX 181
40. BRASS FOOT-WARMER WITH BAIL HANDLE 185
41 AND 42. EARLY BRASS OR BRONZE HAND-WARMER,
SHOWN OPEN AND CLOSED 185
43 AND 44. BRASS CHIMNEY ORNAMENTS (ONE EACH OF PAIRS) 189
45. BRASS HORSE, A CHIMNEY OR HOB-GRATE ORNAMENT 189
46. A TWO-TUBE CANDLE MOULD 197
47. TWO TYPES OF EARLY PRICKET CANDLESTICKS 197
48. PAIR OF CANDELABRUM OF EARLY TYPE (CENTRAL
FIGURE) AND TWO OLD OIL LAMPS 201
49. GROUP OF RARE CANDLESTICKS, ALMS-DISH, AND EWERS 205
50. EARLY BRONZE LAMP 209
51. OLD BRASS LANTERN 213
52. BELL CAST BY JOHN PENNINGTON AT EXETER IN 1670 223
53. GROUP OF BELL-METAL MORTARS 223
54. AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FLAGSTAFF HEAD OF
BRASS, ORIGINALLY GILT 233
55. THE WINCHESTER MOOT HORN 233
56. THE WINCHESTER BUSHEL (STANDARD MEASURE) 237
57. OLD MEASURES BASED ON THE WINCHESTER STANDARD 237
58. A PINT MEASURE OF THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH 243
59. A WINCHESTER PINT OF THE DAYS OF QUEEN ANNE 243
60. OLD FRENCH WEIGHTS 243
61. BRONZE TIGER, BY ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE 251
62. BRONZE LION, BY BARYE 255
63. BRONZE STAG, BY BARYE 259
64. COFFEE-POT OF HAMMERED COPPER FROM SYRIA 265
65. SARACENIC DECORATED BRASS BASIN 269
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