Large Antique Lidid Copper Pot/Cauldron Made in Turkey
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Amazing large antique handmade hammered cauldron/ lidid pot, has heavy ornamental brass handles on
Brass, Copper
$1,400
H 10 in W 11 in D 11 in
Antique Pair Ottoman Empire Tinned Copper Cauldrons c. Mid 19th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
This Antique Pair of Ottoman Empire Tinned Copper Cauldrons, dating to the mid-19th century
Copper
Sold
H 14 in W 21.5 in D 25 in
Large Vintage Turkish Hammered Dovetailed Copper Cauldron Pot Kettle 25"
Located in Dayton, OH
Large vintage 20th century hammered copper cauldron / cooking pot / candy kettle / fire pit
Copper
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 41.34 in W 41.34 in D 14.18 in
20th Century French Victorian Enameled Cast Iron Footed Radiator Cover
Located in Sofia, BG
20th Century green and white enamelled cast iron radiator cover with opening access doors to the front and sides. Very good condition and no restorations. France, circa 1920
Iron
Small Mid-Century Vase Robert Picault Vallauris
By Robert Picault
Located in Austin, TX
Small mid-century vase signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Ceramic
Bespoke Round Italian Dining Table in Travertine
Located in London, London
Travertine dining table Made to order in Italy Round top Honed or polished finish Rounded or straight edges Travertine pedestal. The photos show a selection of tables we have m...
Travertine
$101,433
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
$10,582
H 31.5 in W 66.93 in D 33.47 in
Le Bambole Leather Sofa Design Mario Bellini 1978 for B&B Italia
By Mario Bellini, B&B Italia
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
cognac leather Le Bambole-seater Sofa designed by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia in 1978. Price per sofa, ONLY ONE SOFA STILL AVAILABLE! The Bambole series today is a true icon ...
Leather, Foam
Pair of French cast brass candlesticks, 1800-10
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of cast brass, engine turned, French Empire period candlesticks. The pear shaped candle shaft are framed by beaded reel turnings and an engine turned knob above a raised engine ...
Brass
$1,650
H 5.91 in Dm 4.34 in
Fine Chinese Celadon Glaze Relief Carved Covered Censer on Tripod Feet mid-20c
Located in Richmond, CA
This exceptional covered censer is a testament to the art of Chinese ceramics, executed with remarkable skill and attention to detail. The piece is enveloped in a refined celadon gla...
Porcelain
Large Spanish Urn Jug Vessel in Green Terracotta, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large jug or vessel in green unglazed terracotta. Catalonia, Spain, 1950s This outstanding jar vase has engraved dot details thorough the body and beautiful egyptian decor. Single h...
Terracotta
Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Open Ocean
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen, open ocean, late Edo - early Meiji period, circa 1870, painting of plovers flying over cresting waves. Sumi ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade borde...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Mahogany Museum Cabinet from the V & A Museum, London
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A superb quality museum display case or cabinet from the world famous Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in London. This was in use from C 1900 into the 2000s. There are four drawers ...
Mahogany, Glass, Wood
Complimentary Pair of Italian Gilt Terracotta Finials
Located in Houston, TX
Complimentary pair of Italian gilt Terracotta finials. Stunning large pair of vintage Italian silver and gold gilt terra cotta finials or ornaments. These gorgeous Italianate gilt fi...
Terracotta
Italian Blue Marble Urns Vases, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial pair of urn style blue marble vases, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Marble has black veining and is beautifully carved and polished smooth. Dimensions: 8....
Marble
$19,600 / set
H 12.75 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. Brèche Verte d'Egypte marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by richly chased ormolu paw feet with acanthus le...
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Cast Bronze Decorative Masonry Plaque
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Cast Bronze Decorative Masonry Plaque was designed to be inset with a masonry wall, surround or framework to add a timeless decorative touch. Depicting a Greco-Romanesqu...
Bronze
A Meiji period moriage cloisonné box and cover with two carp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period moriage cloisonné box and cover with two carp, the rectangular box worked in coloured enamels in standard, moriage (raised) and musen (wireless) cloisonné with one gre...
Ceramic
Seguso Vietri Italian Mid-Century Large Glass Apothecary Jar
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century Large Urn Shaped Clear Glass Apothecary Jar with a cover having a large ball finial (att: SEGUSO VIETRI)
Glass
From cupolas to cookware and fine art to filaments, copper metal has been used in so many ways since prehistoric times. Today, antique, new and vintage copper coffee tables, mirrors, lamps and other furniture and decor can bring a warm metallic flourish to interiors of any kind.
In years spanning 8,700 BC (the time of the first-known copper pendant) until roughly 3,700 BC, it may have been the only metal people knew how to manipulate.
Valuable deposits of copper were first extracted on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus around 4,000 BC — well before Europe’s actual Bronze Age (copper + tin = bronze). Tiny Cyprus is even credited with supplying all of Egypt and the Near East with copper for the production of sophisticated currency, weaponry, jewelry and decorative items.
In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, master painters such as Leonardo da Vinci, El Greco, Rembrandt and Jan Brueghel created fine works on copper. (Back then, copper-based pigments, too, were all the rage.) By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, decorative items like bas-relief plaques, trays and jewelry produced during the Art Deco, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau periods espoused copper. These became highly valuable and collectible pieces and remain so today.
Copper’s beauty, malleability, conductivity and versatility make it perhaps the most coveted nonprecious metal in existence. In interiors, polished copper begets an understated luxuriousness, and its reflectivity casts bright, golden and earthy warmth seldom realized in brass or bronze. (Just ask Tom Dixon.)
Outdoors, its most celebrated attribute — the verdigris patina it slowly develops from exposure to oxygen and other elements — isn’t the only hue it takes. Architects often refer to shades of copper as russet, ebony, plum and even chocolate brown. And Frank Lloyd Wright, Renzo Piano and Michael Graves have each used copper in their building projects.
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