Assaying: button in 6 stages of flattening

PART OF:: The hallmarking of gold and silver; a 15ft wall case exhibit in three sections

Assaying: button in 6 stages of flattening (last is pure gold)

Details

Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1956-235 Pt11

Materials:: gold

type:: button

credit:: Goldsmiths Company of the City of London

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.

Assaying: button in 6 stages of flattening

Details

Related Objects

Wrought iron lock (mid 18th century)

three gold-plated cable dies

Sample of Bessemer Steel

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

Cobalt ore from New Caledonia

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway