Antique Patina

Antique

An antique is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old, although the term is often used loosely to describe any object that is old. An antique is usually an item that is collected or desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human history. Vintage and collectible are used to describe items that are old, but do not meet the 100-year criterion.

Patina

Patina is a thin layer that variously forms on the surface of copper, brass, bronze, and similar metals and alloys, or certain stones and wooden furniture, or any similar acquired change of a surface through age and exposure.

antique

Adjective

1. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
2. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.

Noun

1. In general, anything very old; specifically.

patina

Noun

1. A paten (a flat type of dish).
2. The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (chiefly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.

Adjective

1. Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.