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COPPER OVER BRASS SERVICEWARE

ARTIST ORIGINAL / AO

ONE OF A KIND / OOAK

BY ARTISAN "J.R.R." OF THE TAXCO AREA.

HECHO EN MEXICO

"COBRE Y LATON"

CIRCA 1920

INCLUDES:

 A GREAT TRAY (UNSIGNED) - MEASURES 11.75" BY 1.25"

A TEA / COFFEE POT / URN - MEASURES 7.5" HIGH AND IS TAPPERED TO THE TOP. 2.5" TO 4". ELONGATED SPOUT IS DRAMATIC AT 6"

AND THE WOOD HANDLE IS 5.5"

CREAMER & SUGAR MEASURE ABOUT 4.75" BY 5"

(W/ONLY ONE LID)

A UNIQUE MEXO-AMERICAN PIECE

ART DECO ERA

SUPERB LOOK AND FEEL FOR YOUR HACIENDA OR RANCHERO.

SOME SURFACE WEAR AND AGE COLORATION THROUGHOUT. SOME CALL IT PATENA. MAY NEED A CLEANING TO THE NEW OWNERS LIKING.

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FYI

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal, with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is rather soft and malleable, and a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a thermal conductor, an electrical conductor, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys.
 
Copper metal and alloys have been used for thousands of years. In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of the name of the metal as Cyprium, "metal of Cyprus", later shortened to Cuprum.

There may be insufficient reserves to sustain current high rates of copper consumption. Some countries, such as Chile and the United States, still have sizeable reserves of the metal which are extracted through large open pit mines.

Copper compounds are commonly encountered as salts of Cu2+, which often impart blue or green colors to minerals such as turquoise and have been used historically widely as pigments. Copper metal architectural structures and statuary eventually corrode to acquire a characteristic green patina. Copper as both metal and pigmented salt, has a significant presence in decorative art.

Copper(II) ions (Cu2+) are soluble in water, where they function at low concentration as bacteriostatic substances, fungicides, and wood preservatives. In sufficient amounts, copper salts can be poisonous to higher organisms as well. However, despite universal toxicity at high concentrations, the Cu2+ ion at lower concentrations is an essential trace nutrient to all higher plant and animal life. In animals, including humans, it is found widely in tissues, with concentration in liver, muscle, and bone. It functions as a co-factor in various enzymes and in copper-based pigments.

Modern period
The Great Copper Mountain was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two thirds of Europe's copper needs in the 17th century and helped fund many of Sweden's wars during that time. It was referred to as the nation's treasury; Sweden had a copper backed currency.

Throughout history, copper's use in art has extended far beyond currency. It was used by Renaissance sculptors, in pre-photographic technology known as the daguerreotype, and the Statue of Liberty. Copper plating and Copper sheathing for ships' hulls was widespread. The ships of Christopher Columbus were among the earliest to have this protection. The Norddeutsche Affinerie in Hamburg was the first modern electroplating plant starting its production in 1876. The German scientist Gottfried Osann invented powder metallurgy of copper in 1830 while determining the metal's atomic weight. Around then it was also discovered that the amount and type of alloying element (e.g. tin) would affect the tones of bells, leading to bell casting. Flash smelting was developed by Outokumpu in Finland and first applied at the Harjavalta plant in 1949. The energy-efficient process accounts for 50% of the world’s primary copper production.

Copper has been pivotal in the economic and sociological worlds, notably disputes involving copper mines. The 1906 Cananea Strike in Mexico dealt with issues of work organization. The Teniente copper mine (1904–1951) raised political issues about capitalism and class structure. Japan's largest copper mine, the Ashio mine, was the site of a riot in 1907. The Arizona miners' strike of 1938 dealt with American labor issues including the "right to strike".

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