EditorialSevero da Ravenna, Italian, Neptune on a Sea Monster, ca. between 1500 and 1510, Bronze with coppery, reddish-brown patina, Overall: 8 1/4 ? 8 1/4 ? 6 1/2 inches (21 ? 21 ? 16.5 cm).
EditorialCorvus capensis, Print, The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48?50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It has proportionately longer legs, wings and tai...
EditorialEuglossa, Print, Euglossa is a genus of orchid bees (Euglossini). Like all their close relatives, they are native to the Neotropics; an introduced population exists in Florida. They are typically bright metallic blue, green, coppery, or golden.
EditorialCorvus capensis, Print, The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48?50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It has proportionately longer legs, wings and tai...
EditorialDish, 17th?18th century, Spanish, Valencia, Tin-glazed and luster-painted earthenware, Diameter: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, The coppery luster is typical of later Valencian wares.
EditorialBird-Shaped Brooch, second half 6th century, Made in Northern France, Frankish, Silver (?) or Coppery-Alloy (?), Overall: 13/16 x 5/16 x 1/4 in. (2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm), Metalwork.
EditorialCoppery-bellied puffleg, Eriocnemis cupreoventris (Trochilus Eriopus cupreiventris). Near threatened. Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martin's A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae, Bohn, London, 1852.