▁a ▁fine ▁group ▁of ▁these ▁lo cks ; ▁others ▁are ▁in ▁situ ▁at ▁Ham pton ▁Court ▁Palace ▁and ▁in ▁country ▁m ans ions . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁br ass ▁was ▁largely ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁objects ▁for ▁domestic ▁use ; ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁large ▁h anging ▁ch and el iers ▁also ▁continued , ▁together ▁with ▁wall - s con ces ▁and ▁other ▁light ing ▁appar atus . ▁In ▁the ▁latter ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁there ▁came ▁an ▁increasing ▁demand ▁for ▁ecc les iast ical ▁work ▁in ▁England ; ▁lect ern s , ▁al ms ▁d ishes , ▁process ional ▁cross es ▁and ▁alt ar ▁furn iture ▁were ▁made ▁of ▁br ass ; ▁the ▁designs ▁were ▁for ▁the ▁greater ▁part ▁adapt ations ▁of ▁older ▁work ▁and ▁without ▁any ▁great ▁original ity . ▁ ▁Monument al ▁br ass es ▁ ▁The ▁working ▁of ▁mem orial ▁br ass es ▁is ▁generally ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁origin ated ▁in ▁north - western ▁Germany , ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁centre ▁being ▁C ologne , ▁where ▁were ▁manufact ured ▁the ▁lat ten ▁or ▁C ull en ▁pl ates ▁for ▁local ▁use ▁and ▁for ▁export ation . ▁But ▁it ▁is ▁certain ▁that ▁from ▁medieval ▁times ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁equal ▁production ▁in ▁the ▁towns ▁of ▁Belg ium , ▁when ▁br ass ▁was ▁the ▁fav oured ▁metal ▁for ▁other ▁purposes . ▁Cont inental ▁br ass es ▁were ▁of ▁rect angular ▁sheets ▁of ▁metal ▁on ▁which ▁the ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased ▁was ▁represented