Ornamental brassware

Ornamental brassware
See also: Brass#History
A brass ornament

Ornamental brassware describes brassware that serves an ornamental purpose. A number of locations have a reputation for producing fine ornamental brassware, including Benares and Dinant, Belgium. Brassware has been produced since the fourth century BC when the Egyptians and Chaldeans started working copper.

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