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original and bronze
The type is represented by neo-Attic Imperial Roman copies of the late 1st or early 2nd century, modelled upon a supposed Greek bronze original made in the second quarter of the 5th century BCE, in a style similar to works of Polykleitos but more archaic.
The marble is a Hellenistic or Roman copy of a bronze original by the Greek sculptor Leochares, made between 350 and 325 BCE.
On 11 December 1885, after a speech by Lord Aberdeen, Lady Aberdeen unveiled a bronze statue and plaque of Alexander Selkirk outside a house on the site of Selkirk's original home on the Main Street of Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland.
In 1999 the horse alone was cast from Leonardo's original designs in bronze and placed in Milan outside the racetrack of Ippodromo del Galoppo.
In his dedication to King Henri II, Nostradamus describes " emptying my soul, mind and heart of all care, worry and unease through mental calm and tranquility ", but his frequent references to the " bronze tripod " of the Delphic rite are usually preceded by the words " as though " ( compare, once again, External References to the original texts ).
The Founder's Memorial Statue, a bronze statue of a seated William Marsh Rice, holding the original plans for the campus, was dedicated in 1930, and installed in the central academic quad, facing Lovett Hall.
Some variants interchange the chuo 辵 " go ; advance " radical with the xing 行 " go ; road " radical, with the original bronze " crossroads " depiction written in the seal character with two 彳 and 亍 " footprints ".
On 30 May 2010, a life-sized bronze statue of Tintin and Snowy, and more than 200 other Tintin items, including many original panels by Hergé, sold for 1. 08 million euros ($ 1. 3 million USD ) at a Paris auction.
A 10-foot bronze replica of the original Iron Felix statue was placed on the grounds of the military academy in Minsk, Belarus in May 2006.
Many bronze statuettes of the times show Sardinian warriors carrying swords, bows and original maces.
The original bronze is lost.
In 1962, Norwegian sculptor Ørnulf Bast was commissioned to create two nine-foot bronze replicas of the original figurehead by the City of Moss.
Most of its original bronze enrichments have disappeared.
A Roman copy of the original bronze is now kept in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, Italy ( approximate date ).
A surmoulage bronze is a bit smaller, and shows less surface detail, than its original bronze mold.
According to geographer Pausanias ( 1. 28. 2 ), the original bronze Lemnian Athena was created by Phidias circa 450-440 BCE, for Athenians living on Lemnos.
The original bronze urn holding the king's heart was destroyed during the French Revolution and a replica was made in the 19th century.
On June 22, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art ( CMA ), announced the acquisition of an ancient bronze sculpture of Apollo Sauroktonos, believed to be the only near-complete original work by Praxiteles.
Among very few representations of Protesilaus, a sculpture by Deinomenes is just a passing mention in Pliny's Natural History ; the outstanding surviving examples are two Roman copies of a lost mid-fifth century Greek bronze original represent Protesilaus at his defining moment, one of them in a torso the British Museum, the other at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
It consisted of a specialised glass case with original objects and a bronze sculpture of a girl, a direct descendant of a child rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton, who unveiled the work.
Some insight about the Hellenistic perception of and attitude to " Barbarians " can be taken from the " Dying Gaul ", a statue commissioned by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Celtic Galatians in Anatolia ( the bronze original is lost, but a Roman marble copy was found in the 17th century ).
The bronze now in position is a modern copy ; the original is in the Palazzo dei Conservatori nearby.
The medals are currently made from brass or zinc alloys except for the Navy version with its original sized bronze star.

original and fittings
The restoration included structural and surface repairs to the facades and terraces because of deterioration of the concrete, the installation of lighting and security cameras, and the reinstatement of some of the original fixtures and fittings.
The company fell out of use until it was acquired by Simon Kirby, a historian and collector of antique bathroom fittings, who relaunched the company in Stratford-upon-Avon, producing authentic reproductions of Crapper's original Victorian bathroom fittings.
Many of the Pavilion's original fixtures and fittings were removed on the order of the royal household at the time of the sale, most ending up either in Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.
Since the Second World War, the municipality of Brighton has spent a great deal of time, effort and money restoring the Pavilion to its state at the time of King George IV, encouraged by the permanent loan of over 100 items of furniture from Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950s, and has undertaken an extensive programme of restoring the rooms, reinstating stud walls, and creating replicas of some original fittings and occasionally pieces of furniture.
Here, students could still find examples of Swan's original electrical fittings.
* Guillemot: built 1921 / 23-sold 1968-set in concrete as the Kilmore Quay Maritime Museum retains much original equipment and fittings.
She was stripped of her machinery and bridge fittings and towed to Salcombe, where she is now used as a floating headquarters for the Island Cruising Club in Salcombe, Devon, not far from her original birthplace.
This includes six locomotives on display ( and a several others in store or at other sites ); eleven wagons inside with a further eleven outside ; a display showing the development of track work from early plateways to modern narrow gauge tracks ; several large signals along with single line working apparatus and documents ; a growing collection of tickets and other documents, posters, notices, crockery and souvenirs ; relics from vehicles scrapped long ago and the Awdry Study, re-created with the original furniture and fittings in memory of the Rev.
Many of the original fittings remained in place and were said to be in fine condition.
Most of the original fittings were destroyed by the 1993 bombing although they were, for the most part, not particularly historic as they dated from the early 20th century, being the work of Ninian Comper.
The original interior fittings were mostly destroyed during the war, and many of the church's features were procured from other destroyed London churches.
The interior is divided into six bays, with a many of the original fittings that have fortunately survived Victorian renovation.
The reconstructed interior is a mixture of replicas of the prewar fittings and original or copied fittings from other London churches, some of which had also been destroyed in the war but were not reconstructed.
The original beams, structures, fittings and engine were preserved and restored by her volunteer crew.
The church is in the Arts and Crafts style and still has many of the original fittings designed by Wells as well as contemporary art by Eric Gill.
Many of the original fittings were stripped out, including the original stained glass windows.
The house still has its original electric light fittings.
The museum features private royal apartments from 1863-1947 including original fittings and furnishings.
The interior of the church is quite understated, but does however retain its original fittings.
On loan from the London Transport Museum, and having been recently restored into its original BR ( unfitted ) light grey livery, complete with many original fittings.

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