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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