Copper Collection (#6)

Nerodia erythrogaster, copperbelly snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Copperbelly Snake

Chrysophanus dispar, large copper
From Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson

Mineral replacement
This piece of wood has been replaced with metallic copper. Specimen is from the Mavovouni mines, Cyprus 2, 300 BP. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Torbernite

Casuarina equisetifolia, beach sheoak
Copper plate of Casuarina equisetifolia, beach sheoak from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Aleurites moluccana, candlenut tree
Copper plate of Aleurites moluccana, candlenut tree from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Chrysocolla, (hydrated copper silicate)

Brochantite
A specimen of the mineral brochantite (copper sulphate hydroxide) from the Fowey Consols mine, St Blazey, Cornwall. A rippled green mass of minute crystals, with similar (but blue-green) langite

Trogonoptera trojana, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a female birdwing butterfly (Trogonoptera trojana) from the family Papilionidae

Bournonite or cog-wheel ore comprises of (copper lead antimony sulphide). Cog wheel ore contains the mineral chromite, though it is difficult to extract from crystals

Tennantite
Crust of sparkling silvery metallic examples of tennanite (copper arsenic sulphide) some partly altered by copper rust in cavity in matrix. Specimen from Relistan mine, Cornwall

Conichalcite
A specimen of the mineral conichalcite (calcium copper arsenate hydroxide). This mineral holds orthorhombic crystals and belongs in the Adelite group

Liroconite comprises of (hydrated copper aluminum arsenate hydroxide). It is blue in colour and forms from the oxidation of copper ores. Specimen from the collections of the Truro Museum, Cornwall

Copper is an elemental metal. Seen here is a dendritic or branching native copper specimen from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Azurite
A specimen of the mineral azurite (copper carbonate hydroxide) from Chessy, Dept Rhone, France

Malachite
An Octagonal column of the mineral malachite. Malachite is a green mineral, (copper carbonate hydroxide), and is often used as a semi-precious stone

Copper ore
A watercolour drawing of various copper ores by Henry Bone 1755-1834. Original drawing for plate in Philip Rashleighs 1797 Specimens of British Minerals

Helichrysum obconicum
Copper plate by Gabriel Smith from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Asplenium monanthes, single-sorus spleenwort
Copper plate by Daniel Mackenzie from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Revophone Crystal Set

Malachite cameo and malachite-chrysocolla mass. Malachite (copper carbonate hydroxide), has a distinctive green banding and belongs to the carbonate class

Turquoise vein in shale
Turquoise (hydrated copper aluminum phosphate) vein in shale, from Victoria, Australia. Turquoise is perhaps the most valuable non-transparent mineral

A collection of turquoise specimens
Rough, polished and worked specimens of turquoise (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate). Turquoise is perhaps the most valuable of the non-transparent minerals

Turquoise
Four different examples of worked turquoise. Turquoise (hydrated copper aluminum phosphate) is perhaps one of the most valuable non-transparent minerals

BRUNI, Fyodor (1800-1875). The copper snake. 19th c. Classicism.; Romanticism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum

PIUS IV (1499-1565). Pope (1559-1565) related to the Medicis of Florence. Facsimile of a copper engraving. Renaissance art. Engraving

Landscape with copper mines. Central detail. 16th century. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. CZECH Rep.. Prague. National Gallery in Prague

Copper crown found on the bones of the guardian (3rd c. AD). Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum

Copper circular standard depicting the enigmatic
" Copper circular standard depicting the enigmatic " goddess of the Ulluchos" (3rd c. AD). Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum."

Venetian chalice of enameled copper. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Venetian school. Enamel. ITALY. Florence. Bargello National Museum. Proc: ITALY. Venice

Golden copper mask (3rd c. AD), part of a headdress. Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum

VAN STAVERDEN, Jacob (17th c. ). Farmers resting
VAN STAVERDEN, Jacob (17th c.). Farmers resting. 17th c. Painting on copper. Baroque art. Oil. ITALY. Rome. Galleria Nazionale d Arte Antica (National Gallery of Ancient Art)

Nails of Milagro-Quevedo Culture. 500-1500. Copper. Art from the Guayas basin. Decorative Arts. ECUADOR. Quito. Culture House. Proc: ECUADOR. GUAYAS

Image in golden copper depicting a lord with a combat weapon (3rd c. AD). Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum

SCHOUBROECK, Pieter (1570-1607). The Burning of Troy (Der Brand Trojas). Oil on copper. Oil on wood

Jupiter, Antiope and Cupid (Jupiter, Antiope und Amor). end 16th c. - 1615. Oil on copper plate. Baroque art. Fresco. AUSTRIA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History)

Madonna and Sleeping Child by Guido Reni (1575-1642). Oval painting on copper. Baroque art. Oil on wood

Lamentation of Christ by Annibale Carrache. Painting on copper. Baroque art. Oil on wood

Advert for The General Electric Company 1942
G.E.C. household electric appliances Whats next ? Yesterday the dolly... next the copper; today the eletric washer

Tunstead and Happing Corporation Penny Token

Montrose Asylum Halfpenny Token
A halfpenny copper token issued in 1799 by the Montrose Asylum. Date: 1799

MBW-MFB-London Fire Brigade museum artefact
MFB rolled leather fire hose with screw couplings. Copper rivets were introduced in around 1819. This type of hose was phased out in the late 1800s

Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. Date 1939 Sept

Copper to Gold
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Emile Lowitz demonstration at Royal Botanic Society

Policeman stops a man with cart
" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand

Kashmir Walnut & Copper Carving, India
A highly-skilled craftsman producing carvings in copper and walnut wood - Kashmir, India. Date: 1910s

Bisbee, Arizona - Copper Queen Hotel
Bisbee, Arizona, USA - Copper Queen Hotel Date: circa 1904

Girl Minds Baby C1900
A little girl minds the baby. Date: circa 1900

Chinese Instruments
From left...Chinese ti-tzu (flute); Chinese so-na (copper oboe); Chinese yueh-ch in (moon guitar); Japanese hiji- riki: Chinese la-pa (long trumpet

Kitchens, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Staff and inmate helpers in the kitchens at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. Kitchen fittings include a large cooking range and two coppers

A Fair Cop by George Ranstead
A humorous play on words as a female police officer leads away a naughty little boy

Laburnum and Copper Beech
A Laburnum (Golden Chain) tree of the Fabaceae family, seen here in full flower (bright yellow), with a Copper Beech or Purple Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea) of the Fagaceae family in the background

Interior of kitchen, Strangeways Prison, Manchester
The interior of a prison kitchen, believed to be at Strangeways Prison, Manchester. The room is filled with assorted boilers, coppers, ovens and cooking hobs. Much of the cooking was done using steam

Bawarchi (Cook) - India - he is breaking an egg into a copper pan

Inside a traditional miners cottage, Lands End, Cornwall
Scene inside a traditional miners cottage at Lands End, Cornwall

Winemaking equipment, Camara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal
An antique object used in the making of wine, in the showroom of Henriques & Henriques SA, Camara de Lobos, near Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

An assortment of copper moulds
An assortment of tinned copper entree moulds, patty pans and copper moulds

A technician adjusts delicate pipework
A technician, wearing a white laboratory coat and acoustic earmuffs, adjusts a section of thin copper pipework. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Titanic copperware
A copper pot from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. It bears the inscription White Star Line Restaurant

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

TIN MOULDS
Tin moulds were quite a lot cheaper than copper moulds, around 5 shillings apiece; though even that is quite a lot by todays standards

Small Moulds - 1
Some in tin, some in copper, and some in copper tinned; the little ones were about 10 cm long

Gold mining at Johannesburg
An aerial photograph of gold mines in Johannesburg. The photograph was taken by Captain Spelterini on one of his balloon ascents

Portrait of M. Louis Daguerre
A portrait of Louis Jacques Maude Daguerre (1789-1851). The French artist was famed for inventing the Daguerretype in conjunction with Joseph Nicephore Niepce

Replica Swedish Ten-Daler Coin, 1937
Photograph of a replica of an old Swedish Ten-Daler piece, measuring about 1 ft. by 2 ft

Copper Works, Wales
Copper works near Holywell, belonging to the Mona Company, Flintshire, Wales

Staites patent electric light apparatus
Engraving of Edward Staites patent electric light apparatus, exhibited at the Hanover Square Rooms, London in 1848

Wales / Anglesey
Amlwych, Anglesey, Wales, once a busy seaport, shipping ore from the Parys Mountain copper mines, where the Romans are said to have obtained much of their copper

Copper Beeches - 1
Holmes and Watson - he lights his pipe from a glowing cinder from the grate

Monopolies Kill Commerce
Commerce is strangled by the monopolists - the coffee-ring, the spirit-ring, the copper- ring, the oil-ring

Neath Copper Works / 1779
The Copper works at Neath Date: 1779

Restaurant Kitchen
A scene in a busy restaurant kitchen

Copper mine at Colcoath, Camborne, Cornwall
A copper mine with men and women at work, at Dolcoath, Camborne, Cornwall

The Brazier 1827
A brazier hammers kettles, pans, candlesticks and other utensils from brass, a metal which is compounded from copper and zinc

Lancelot & Tarquin
Sir Lancelot strikes the copper basin in order to challenge Sir Tarquin - the haughty enemy of the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot vanquishes Tarquin

Scaremongering Newspaper
THE CATCH-PENNY Policeman - " Now then, you mischievous young rascal, - stop that!" (Scare-mongering newspapers)

Suffragette and Copper
A lady demonstrating for Womens Rights has the good fortune to be picked up by a policeman - I m having the time of my life !

Police / Friendly Copper
A kindly policeman takes care of two young street children. He carries the youngest in his arms

Hand-Drawn Engine / 1878
A hand-drawn chemical fire engine employed for fire extinction about 1878. The chemicals were held in copper cylinders mounted at the front of the vehicle

Bristol Chemical Engine
Horse-drawn chemical engine, supplied by Merryweathers for the City of Bristol. The copper cylinders held the chemical fire-fighting compounds

Holmes / Copper Beeches
THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES " I am so delighted that you have come." Holmes and Violet shake hands

French Hotel Kitchen
A scene in a French hotel kitchen

Copper works in Cornwall, with smoking chimneys
Copper works in Cornwall, with many smoking chimneys

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