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