Question about a Dha

Andrew · 10th March 2011, 12:01 AM

Jose, the right and left handles shown by Gav are a matched set--the right one has been cleaned.

I see what he is talking about--the patina on the left example sure does have a "coppery" tone.

Again, it's going to be quite hard to definitively determine the metal just from the patina (not to mention the fact we're all only looking a pictures on a computer monitor).

However, having said that (and having handled hundreds of examples from the region) I would say that the patina in the original example looks more like a brass alloy than a silver alloy.

10th March 2011, 12:01 AM	#11
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Jose, the right and left handles shown by Gav are a matched set--the right one has been cleaned. I see what he is talking about--the patina on the left example sure does have a "coppery" tone. Again, it's going to be quite hard to definitively determine the metal just from the patina (not to mention the fact we're all only looking a pictures on a computer monitor). However, having said that (and having handled hundreds of examples from the region) I would say that the patina in the original example looks more like a brass alloy than a silver alloy.