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The Rococo age was on a gilt trip & surviving pieces often use gilt this alloy, less valuable to strip & melt than silver |
bronze
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$800 |
DJ |
ART HISTORY |
2025-03-25 |
#9297 |
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One of the earliest known uses of this metal alloy was in Sumer in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C. |
bronze
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$1,000 |
J |
PREHISTORIC TIMES |
2009-07-24 |
#5745 |
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The Stone Age lasted until this metal replaced stone as the primary tool-making material |
bronze
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$1,200 |
DJ |
PREHISTORIC TIMES |
2004-04-27 |
#4532 |
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This alloy was the 1st metal used to make armor |
bronze
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$500 |
J |
FASHION HISTORY |
1989-12-07 |
#1214 |
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By 5,000 years ago, man was mixing one part tin to 9 parts copper, producing this alloy |
bronze
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$400 |
J |
PREHISTORIC TIMES |
1988-12-08 |
#984 |