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Ankhs
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Some
variations on the Egyptian symbol for eternal
life that was adopted by the Greek philosophers to represent copper.
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'Oldest Profession
is metallurgy'. |
In his
presidential address to The Institute of Metals some years ago, Dr Eric
Duckworth referred to Greek mythology. He reminded us that Aphrodite,
the Goddess of Love, first appeared rising out of the sea off the Island of
Cyprus. As she rose, she was holding a shiny copper mirror and
admiring her image.
Obviously the mirror had been made by metallurgists before she
appeared. Therefore, he mused, metallurgy must be the oldest of the
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Copper
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Contacts |
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Procobre,
Peru
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Benham
& Froude
Their
trade mark orb logo was inspired by the orb that they had made for the dome of St Paul’s
Cathedral, London which could be seen from the workshops.
It also looks like an inverted ankh so is doubly suitable.
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Benham |
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Copper Promotion Centre - Hungary
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Indian Copper Development Centre |
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Istituto
Italiano del Rame – Italy |
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Grilby
Metallfabrik, Grilby, Sweden |
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Roycroft,
USA |
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Roycroft |
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Japan Copper Development Association |
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Copper
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Vivienne Westwood,
mark on brass cufflinks
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Rhodesian
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Rhodesian Copper |
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