Bronze "Snake" door handle sourced and made in Vancouver, Canada.

Bronze door handle from Canada where they are cast by hand according to the ancient Lost Wax Principle. An old technique in which the handles are poured into a wax mold. A country with a rich history in casting bronze and it is really of excellent quality. The best performers come from Vancouver.

Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. The tin content can vary from about 10 to 30%. The alloy has a reddish to yellowish color, depending on the tin content. The period in history when mankind made extensive use of objects made of bronze is traditionally called the Bronze Age. Bronze is the first metal (except for a few earlier copper objects from the Neolithic) that was used by man in the Low Countries to replace stone in the Paleolithic. It is a tough and corrosion-resistant material that lends itself well to machining. A bronze surface acquires a green patina after a certain time.