Copper Collection (page 8)

Copper cigarette box with Royal Engineers badge, WW1
Copper cigarette box embossed and engraved with the badge of the Royal Engineers, with initials JWB. Trench Art

Cigarette box in the form of a tank, WW1
Cigarette box in the form of a tank, the sponsons to carry cigarettes and the turret to contain a box of matches. Trench Art

Church bells saved from becoming enemy shells, Russia, 1915
Placed together for safety in the Nikolsky Monastery near Moscow, some of the 300 Russian church bells removed to prevent invading Germans re-using them as metal for shells

Copper Butterflies Date: 1868

British coins, two George VI farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1949 and 1951, with a wren on the reverse. The farthing ceased to be legal tender after 1960. Date: 1949, 1951

British coins, two Elizabeth II pennies for 1964 and 1967, with Britannia on the reverse, and contrasting metal colours. Date: 1964-1967

British coins, two Elizabeth II halfpennies for 1964 and 1965, with a ship on the reverse. Date: 1964-1965

The Womens Legion & Army Waste, WW1
Women inspecting copper vats filled with boiling soup, involved in a scheme originated by Lady Londonderry to lessen waste in camp kitchens

Baltic Copper Mine Cricket Club, Michigan, USA
Baltic Cricket Team - comprising of miners from Painesdale, Michigan, USA - played in the Copper (Houghton) County Cricket League, founded in 1906

British coins, two Queen Victoria pennies for 1890 and 1891. With Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1890-1891

British coin, Queen Victoria halfpenny
British coin, a Queen Victoria halfpenny for 1862. With Britannia on the reverse, with a lighthouse and a ship in the background. Date: 1862

British coin, George V halfpenny
British coin, a George V halfpenny for 1915, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1915

British coin, Edward VII farthing
British coin, an Edward VII farthing (a quarter of a penny) for 1909, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1909

British coins, three George V farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1918, 1930 and 1932, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1918-1932

British coins, two Queen Victoria farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1860 and 1868. With Britannia on the reverse, with a lighthouse and a ship in the background. Date: 1860s

British coin, George VI farthing
British coin, a George VI farthing (a quarter of a penny). Date: 1941

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

British coin, George III copper penny
British coin, copper penny, with a profile of King George III on the head and Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1797

British coins, three George V pennies for 1914, 1917 and 1919, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1914-1919

British coins, three Edward VII pennies for 1905, 1906 and 1907, with Britannia on the reverse. Date: 1905-1907

Lavenham / Market Place
A view through the window of one of the perfectly preserved Tudor houses on Market Place, Lavenham looking out to the village cross Date: 1950s

Farm with a Pond late s
Farm with a Pond (late 1770s). Wilson, Richard 1713/14-1782. Date: 1770s (late)

Group of Three Figures Carrying a Statuette. Albani, Giovanni Battista 1616-1661 (attributed to)

Pastoral Landscape with Figures. Creti, Donato 1671-1749

Copper Industry in Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1906

Warsaw - Poland - Copper-Roof Palace
The Copper-Roof Palace (palac Pod Blacha) - an 18th-century palace in Warsaw, Poland. Since 1989, the palace has become a branch of the Royal Castle Museum. Date: circa 1950s

Bronze Foundry - Tonkin, Vietnam
Bronze Foundry Workers - Tonkin, Vietnam Date: 1904

Portuguese coins - early 20th century, charting the change from the reign of Carlos I, up to his assassination in 1908, the brief reign of his son Manuel II

Purse full of money on a cutout Christmas card
Purse full of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Green-house. Copper-plate illustration from Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. Plate III. Date: 1739

Copper lap

Copper mass
This copper block was discovered by Samuel Hearne in the Arctic Circle in 1771. He carried it for a year before presenting it to the Hudsons Bay Company

Chalcopyrite or copper pyrite comprises of (copper iron sulphide). It is a common mineral and is found in almost all sulphide deposits. Specimen from Wheal Towan, Cornwall

Turquoise variety Henwoodite
A specimen of the turquoise variety called Henwoodite, named after William Jory Henwood (1805-1875) from West Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall

Parnassius apollo Linnaeus, Papilionidae; Maculinea arion Li
And Lycaena phlaeas Linnaeus, Lycaenidae. Classis II Tab XLV from Insecten-Belustigung 1746-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Silver on Copper
A deposit of elemental, native silver (Ag) on native copper (Cu). Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London originally from Houghton Co. Michigan, U.S.A

Libethenite
Wedge-shaped, dark green crystals of libethenite (copper phosphate hydroxide) with pale brown duftite. Specimen from the Phoenix mine, Lnkinhorne, Cornwall

Metatorbernite
A specimen of the mineral metatorbernite which contains uranium, copper and phosphorus. It is also radioactive

Copper in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in mineral samples

Connellite
Deep-blue velvety crust of needles with some red cuprite. Connellite comprises of (hydrated copper sulphate chloride hydroxide). Specimen from Wheal Muttrell, Gwennap, Cornwall

Tetrahedrite

Mendipite is exclusive to the Mendips of Somerset. This specimen is from Merehead Quarry. Mendipite belongs to the oxyhalides and hydroxyhalides group

Dillenia alata, red beech tree
Copper plate from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Bornite
A specimen of the mineral Bornite. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Caledonite comprises of (copper lead carbonate sulphate hydroxide) and is characterized by small, well-formed intricate crystals. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite or copper pyrite comprises of (copper iron sulphide). Its a common mineral and found in almost all sulphide deposits

Lycaena dispar, large copper
Mounted specimens of the large copper butterflies from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Tenorite is comprised of (copper oxide). It is found as grey to black metallic crystals and as a by-product of lava flows. Fibrous specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

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