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Antique bronze

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Bronze exists since the 4th millennium before Christ, first as a copper and arsenic alloy and later as an alloy on copper and tin. It is now usually a copper-tin-lead alloy.  It has been  used for arms, tools, money, ustensiles, statues and jewelry .  

From the 17th to 19th C   gilt bronze  was widely used in France for decorating furniture and for objects themselves such as clocks and mirrors.



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