INDEX
- African curios, 309–311
- Alms-dishes, 140–143
- Altar brasses, 142–143
- Amulets, 33, 373–375
- Ancient art, 70–72
- Ancient bronze, 38–41
- Aquamaniles, 101, 326
- Arab influence, 267
- Architectural metal-work, 121–124
- Arms and armour, 106–109
- Art influence, 128
- Ashanti curios, 309
- Ash-trays, 365
- Astrolabes, 25
- Badges of metal, 102
- Ball and cross of St. Paul's, 143–144
- Barometer of bronze, 341
- Barrows, ancient, 25
- Bath, 56
- Battersea enamels, 31, 357
- Bell founding, 43
- Bell-metal, 43, 217–219
- Bells, 217–226, 282, 309
- Benares brasswork, 280
- Benin bronzes, 307–309
- Betel-nut boxes, 26, 278, 282
- Betel-nut cutters, 279
- Bidri ware, 26, 277
- Bilston enamels, 31
- Boadicea, Queen, 91
- Boiling-pots, 98–101
- Bowls, 84
- Brass (of commerce), 42–43
- Brass instruments, 340–345
- Brass making, 45–46
- Brass rubbings, 393
- Brasses, 26
- Brazier, 26
- Braziers' Company, 117
- British Museum exhibits, 59, 65, 168, 309, 326, 350, 356, 357
- Bronze, 27
- Bronze Age, 38, 66
- Bronze alloys, 27
- Bronze celts, 25
- Bronze implements, 69
- Bronze knives, 25
- Bronze reaping-hooks, 72
- Bronze saucepans, 283
- Bronzes and their replicas, 249–258
- Bronzes, Greek, 79–81
- Bucklers, bronze, 28, 69
- Buckles, 105
- Bullock bells, 279
- Burnishing metal, 293
- Caldrons, 83, 160, 164
- Candle clock, 208
- Candles, 199–204
- Candlesticks, 139, 140, 195–211, 301, 350
- Card counters, 29
- Central Africa, curios from, 310, 311
- Champlevé enamel, 30
- Chaufferette, 28, 128
- Chatties, 28
- Chimney ornaments, 184–188
- Chinese bronzes, 41, 42, 283–288
- Chinese enamels, 352–355
- Chinese influence on art, 131
- Church brasswork, 137–151
- Circe-perdu process, 28, 277
- Cirencester curios, 54
- Cisterns and taps, 322
- City guilds, 116–121
- Civic emblems, 231–235
- Classic bronzes, 254
- Classified arrangement, 188–191
- Cleaning copper and brass, 388–390
- Clockmakers' Company's collection, 336
- Clocks, 329, 334–339
- Cloisonné enamels, 30
- Coffee-pots, 264, 268
- Continental copper and brass, 317–326
- Cooking-pots, 160
- Copper as alloy, 44–47
- Copper mining, 44, 45
- Copper pans, 167
- Copper sheathing, 377
- Coppersmith, the, 37
- Counters of brass, 29
- Couvre de feu, 29, 102
- Cromwell clocks, 336
- Crusaders' effigies, 26
- Crusaders' relics, 311
- Cups, 271
- Curfew, 29
- Daggers, bronze, 69
- Damascened metals, 29, 277
- Dialling, 30
- Domestic brasswork, 96–102
- Domestic utensils, 155–191
- Door knockers, 124–127
- Drinking cups, 175
- Dutch brasswork, 321
- Dutch influence, 264
- Egyptian bronzes, 267
- Ember tongs, 30
- Enamels, 30, 42
- Enamels on copper, 349–358
- Engraving on copper, 61
- Exeter Museum exhibits, 183, 239
- Ewers, 277
- Fibulæ, 31, 71
- Fire-making apparatus, 87, 196–199
- Flagons, 175
- Flagstaff head, 235
- Foot-warmers, 183, 322
- Forgeries, 74
- Founders, 217–219
- Founders, Worshipful Company of, 46, 97, 118, 236
- French art, 321
- Gemellions, 101
- German metal-work, 325, 326
- Gipcieres, 31, 106
- Greek bronzes, 41, 42, 249
- Greek curios, 79–92
- Guildhall Museum exhibits, 83, 96, 103, 168, 183, 241, 364
- Guild of Loriners, 107
- Hand basins, 326
- Handles and handle-plates, 367
- Hand-warmers, 28, 128
- Historic bells, 219, 220
- Hob-grates, 178
- Hooker bases, 31, 271
- Horns, 232
- Horse trappings, 370–371
- Houseplace, the contents of, 175–184
- Hull Museum exhibits, 342
- Idols, 80, 293–298
- Indian bronzes, 272
- Indian Museum exhibits, 274–280, 294
- Indian vessels, 28
- Inkstands, 357
- Italian bronzes, 319
- Japanese bronzes, 41, 42
- Japanese enamels, 352–356
- Japanese metals, 28
- Kaffir bangles and girdles, 311
- Kashmir curios, 278
- Kettles, 83–87, 380
- Kitchen utensils, 159–175
- Knockers, 368
- Lacquering metal, 390–392
- Lagos brasses, 309
- Lamaistic temple relics, 281, 297
- Lamps, 88, 92, 195–211, 278, 279, 282
- Lanterns, 207–211
- Later metal-work, 115–132
- Latten, 31
- Limoges enamels, 30, 321, 350
- Local museums, 59
- Lock plates, 131
- Log boxes, 180
- London Museum exhibits, 59, 70, 71, 91, 180, 207
- London relics, 69, 70
- Lucknow curios, 26, 277
- Mace, 235
- Mansfield mines, 44
- Maundy alms-dish, 116
- Mediæval antiquities, 95–109
- Memorial brasses, 144–151
- Metal and its alloys, 37–49
- Microscopes, 342
- Microscopic engravings, 381
- Milk cans, 322
- Miniature bronzes and models, 257, 258, 345
- Miscellaneous metal curios, 363, 384
- Mirrors, 32, 73, 87, 267
- Monumental brasses, 26
- Moradabad brasswork, 280
- Mortars, 32, 226, 268
- Muff-warmers, 183
- National Museum, Washington, 203
- Native metal-work, 305–311
- Nepal metal-work, 274, 278
- Nomenclature of metals, 27
- Norman remains, 57
- Nuremberg clocks, 339
- Nutmeg graters, 163
- Oil lamps, 207–211
- Opaque enamels, 31
- Oriental bronzes, 265–288
- Patchboxes, 350
- Patera, 73
- Patina, 32
- Patine, 32
- Persian metal-work, 271
- Pilgrims' signs, 32, 103
- Pins, 105
- Pipe-stoppers, 30, 364
- Pipkins, 180
- Pocket clocks, 334
- Polishing brass, 392
- Porridge-pots, 163
- Portrait placques, 358
- Pots and pans, 168
- Prehistoric bronzes, 65–75
- Pricket candlesticks, 203
- Processes of enamelling, 350–351
- Replicas, 381–383
- Restoring antiques, 392
- Ritual vases, 301
- Roasting-jacks, 160, 167
- Roman bronzes, 41, 249
- Roman curios, 79–92
- Romano-British art, 90–91
- Rushlight holders, 200
- Saracenic influence, 264
- Saucepans, 83, 172
- Saxon remains, 57
- Scales, 241
- Sinhalese metal-work, 282
- Skillets, 170
- Snuff-boxes, 350, 366
- Snuffers, 204
- Snuff-rasps, 366
- Sources of metals, 43, 44
- South African curios, 311
- Spanish metal-work, 319
- Spectacle cases, 365
- Spice-boxes, 278
- Spirit labels, 356
- Spits, 160
- Spurs, 107
- Stafford House exhibits, 59
- Standard measures, 236, 239
- Standard weights, 240
- Statues, 89
- Statuettes, 187
- Sundials, 30, 329–334
- Tankards, 175
- Temple vases, 298–301
- Thibet tea-urns, 281
- Tinder-boxes, 196
- Tobacco-boxes, 364
- Toilet requisites, 86
- Tower of London exhibits, 107
- Trinkets, 104–106
- Trivets, 179
- Trumpets, 69, 321
- Turkish metal-work, 226
- United Service Museum exhibits, 220, 379
- United States National Museum, 210
- Verulamium curios, 54
- Victoria & Albert Museum exhibits, 59, 84, 101, 126, 131, 139, 180, 183, 220, 250, 268, 298, 318, 321, 342, 375
- Wallace collection exhibits, 109
- Warming-pans, 180, 183
- Watches, 339
- Watchmen's lanterns, 208, 211
- Water jars, 227
- Weather-vanes, 33, 123
- Weighing instruments, 236–239
- Weights and measures, 242–245
- Welsh National Museum exhibits, 59
- Winchester bushel, 236
- Winchester moot horn, 232
- Winchester Museum exhibits, 236
- Wrinkles for collectors, 387–393
- Writing boxes, 264
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