Pair of English Georgian Copper Wall Hanging Sieves Colanders
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine pair of antique Georgian copper and brass colanders or sieves. These large sieves are hand forged and heavy with a beautiful old copper patina and floral design.
Copper
Antique 18th Century Swedish Colander from Brass, Decorative Sieve ca. 1750
Located in Andernach, DE
The handles are connected via genuine copper rivets and make this piece sturdy to last for another long time.
Brass, Copper
Large Copper Bowl Sieve with Handles and Beautiful Oxidation
Located in Hudson, NY
Graphic form wonderful oxidation. Originally used in a candy making process for straining chocolate.
Copper
19th Century French Copper Sieve
Located in High Point, NC
Made in France in the 19th Century, this copper kitchen implement makes an intriguing accent. A shallow copper bowl is perforated with a circular pattern of small holes, rippling out...
Copper
French 19th Century Copper Curd Pan
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rare and heavy, copper curd sieve from Burgundy, France, circa 1850.
Copper
E. Dehillerin Paris Copper Cooking Pots
By E. Dehillerin, Paris 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sizes: Large Oval Pot w/ lid: 10.5" x 4.25" x 7.25" Medium Oval w/lid: 9.5" x 3.5" x 6" Small Oval Pot w/lid: 6.25" x 3" x 4" Small Round w/lid: 5" x 2" Small Oval w/lid: 6.5" ...
Copper
French Copper Fish Kettle "Poissoniere", Early 1900s
Located in Austin, TX
A French copper Poissoniere with its metal sieve and brass handles, circa 1900.
Brass, Copper
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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