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At McMordies
Copper and Brass

McMORDIES, 1222 Marine Drive, North Van-
couver, has a fot of brass.

Everything from brass
candlesticks to brass planters
to brass animals to brass bar
foot rails. Along with the
original McMordies at 70th
and Granville, it is the largest
speciality retailer in Canada,
according to co-owner, John
Panton.

The store also has «per,
though demand for it, :.1 rela-
tion to brass, has dropped
drastically in the past five
years.

“Five years ago, our sales
were 80 per cent copper, to-
day they’re two per cent cop-
per,’’says Panton. ‘Brass
has taken over the market.”

This dramatic market
shift, he explains, is largely
due to the reasonable price of
brass and its versatility.
Brass, he says, is an
economical replacement for
silver and other ornamental

metals and is therefore
popular with younger couples
ont tight’ budgets, And,
unlike copper, it can be cast
into virtually any design or
shape.

Copper, however, retains
its popularity as decorative
kitchenware, says Panton.

In its constant quest to un-
cover new and_ interesting
sources of design and supply,
McMordies buys from 14 dif-
ferent countries, ranging
from the Orient to Great
Britain,

{t's a business, Panton says
is both challenging and
interesting.

Located across from the
booming Pemberton Plaza,
McMordies is open Sundays,
a day for casual perusal, ac-
cording to Panton, ‘we get a
lot more couples on
Sunday.”

NEWS photos Terry Peters

McMORDIES owner John Panton inspects some of the fireplace accessories his North Vancouver shop sells, white Barb
Sihota relaxes on a beautiful brass bed above, and at right demonstrates small brass objects.