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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 422118, member: 5066&quot;]As i have already blown this thread apart, may as well keep going. The American colonies were not allowed to have foundries, the British govt considered that a big NO NO. There were a couple reasons for this</p><p>1. Economic, the brits wanted to sell us finished goods on all sorts on things, not just brass, to protect their industries.</p><p>2. Political, cannons are cast from brass, NO TELLING where that could lead!</p><p>Then, just about the time sheet brass came out, we had this little thing called the Revolutionary War which naturally disrupted things A LOT!</p><p>Bottom line is, during the 18th century the american colonies imported virtually all of the brass furniture hardware that was used here was from england. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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