ILLUSTRATIONS
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1.FINE COPPER EWER Frontispiece
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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
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
66.JAPANESE KETTLE (YUWAKASHI) 275
67.PAIR OF VASES OF RED-BROWN COPPER, RELIEVED WITH BLACK LAC, FROM MORADABAD 275
68.BRONZE FIGURE (ONE OF A PAIR) INLAID WITH SILVER AND GOLD 285
69.AMIDA (INDIAN IDOL) 291
70.A "BLUE" TARA (INDIAN IDOL) 291
71.AMITAYUS (INDIAN IDOL) 291
72.VAJRA DHARMA (INDIAN IDOL) 291
73.AMITAYUS (INDIAN IDOL) 291
74.JAPANESE PRICKET CANDLESTICK IN THE FORM OF CRANE AND TORTOISE 295
75.JAPANESE RITUAL VASE 299
76.SMALL TWO-HANDLED RITUAL VASE 299
77.CIRCULAR VASE ON STAND 299
78.BRONZE OVIFORM EWER 315
79.BRASS EWER WITH ARTISTIC HANDLE 315
80.DUTCH ORNAMENTAL BRASS CISTERN 323
81.FRENCH EWER OR TANKARD WITH FANCY HANDLE 323
82.FRENCH EWER WITH GROTESQUE MOUTH (SIXTEENTH CENTURY) 323
83.EARLY DIALS—ON THE LEFT AN ARMILLARY DIAL; IN THE CENTRE PILLAR DIAL; AND ON THE RIGHT A RING DIAL 331
84.CURIOUS OLD MICROSCOPE, MADE IN 1780 331
85.ENGRAVED POCKET CLOCK 337
86.A HANDSOME BRONZE BAROMETER 343
87.BOWL OF THE MING PERIOD 353
88.BOX OF PEKIN ENAMEL 353
89.MING BOWL 353
90.FINE ALTAR SET OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMELS (CH'IEN LUNG PERIOD) 359
91.COLLECTION OF BRASS AMULETS (HARNESS BRASSES) 371
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