HIGHLIGHTS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 2, 19 July 1935, Page 64

HIGHLIGHTS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME

Recent Revival in -. Copper and Brass

pet and curtains went well with one another. The chairs.‘and tables are collector’s pieces and each has been placed to its best advantage. Yet the room is not a success. Too formal ard cold. What is missing? It is’ probably such simple things as a brass jug or vase on a low table in dark oak, or a copper kettle at the hearthside against a background of blue ‘tiles. . Pieces such as these can make all the difference in a room. ‘ The recent revival in copper and brass as the highlights of decorative schemes has seen many quaint and beautiful pieces brought to light. But perhaps honest is the word which best deseribes S OMEONE had the instinct to know that the car-

old-time copper and brass. Made in a simpler age, mostly for homely uses, by craftsmen who felt rather than reasoned, these brave -wares are free from striving after the artistic. They are not creations of a style. though tradition helped to shape them. Even modern pieces show this feeling, , To turn to actual examples, there is an almost limitless choice of sizes and shapes in. brass. candlesticks. You can have your: squat candlestick on a big squaré base that, seems to have been made to companion, Toby jugs on a high mantlepiece.. Then there are candlesticks as tall and personable as any cavalier; and tiny candlesticks that have never grown up. You can get them in families, single, of. take them on as married couples. Like all brass and copper, they. only need good treatment to give their best. Two soft cloths and a few spots of a good liquid metal polish-Brasso. for instance-will keep them all brilliantly bright for next. to no-trouble,

One could go on indefinitely telling of charming pieces of’ copper and brass that delight the eye and cheer the mind. ae Hearthside brass isa. subject in itself. Battered old skillets‘and skimmers go‘ wonderfully well with the brick fire-places which are so popular now. Then there are long-handled toasting forks and chestnut roasters. All are possessions which will give pride to your heart. But perhaps a copper kettle of goodly girth stands as the symbol of all the snugness of long winter evenings when the curtains are drawn tight and’ the fireside is the one and only place for you. And with summer almost here, soon to give up its

golden treasure of flowers, we remember that the sunny shining of copper measures and tall Dutch jugs of brass are a perfect foil to the colour and grace of every kind of flower.

Let us have this shining* beauty then-copper and brass to brighten and beautify. These servants from homes of the past are not expensivequite modest prices are asked for really lovely pieces. You can afford to be a genuine collector of bright-ness-Younger Marrieds, please note! , Pieces such as an old tobacco jar will be at one with any group. Copper measures are other things which you will find in any antique shop, waiting to be snapped up almost for nothing. Despite the present popularity of copper and brass, these happy old wares are still moderate in price. You could spend pounds to less good effect than the same number of shillings will bring you in the shape of copper and brass. Then what a glowing account of themselves these gleaming pieces render. Wherever you place them they look right. They simply can’t help looking cheerful; they brighten the room like permanent sunshine. It is.

— t00, quite easy to keep them sunny in their disposition. All they ask is an occasional rub over with a little liquid metal polish. Brasso can be safely trusted to bring your copper and brass to a brilliant pitch of brightness, and the attention of any of these is needed so rarely that this little job almost comes as a relief from household tasks! Though yours may be the most casual search, you are sure to discover the perfect things to go with your treasures at home-the last little touches that will give lots of charm!