Two specimens of Gold leaf which has been overheated

Made:: before 1889

Gold leaf which has been overheated

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/1984

Materials:: gold leaf

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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Two specimens of Gold leaf which has been overheated

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