Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Lithograph of Wilhelm von Bibra, an honoree by July 8, 1490, note gilded (gold) armor Monument to Nikola Šubić Zrinski, note gilded (gold) armor. The Knights of the Golden Spur (Latin equites aurati Sancti Romani Imperii, literally "Golden Knights of the Holy Roman Empire"; short equites aurati or milites aurati, "golden [decorated] knights/soldiers") were a public official elite of the Holy ...
French ormolu mantel clock (around 1800) by Julien Béliard (1758 – died after 1806), Paris.The clock case by Claude Galle (1758–1815) Ormolu (/ ˈ ɔːr m ə ˌ l uː /; from French or moulu 'ground/pounded gold') is the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze, and objects finished in this way.
The frame comprises seven pieces of iron, and the helmet is crested with a bronze boar figure—the figure is decorated with garnet eyes mounted in beaded gold, along with gilded, inlayed tusks and ears. [120] In Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, another bronze boar was discovered at a female grave.
Gilded frame ready for burnishing with an agate stone tool Application of gold leaf to a reproduction of a 15th-century panel painting. Gilding is a decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold over solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone. [1] A gilded object is also described as "gilt".
In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ ɪ ˈ s k ʌ tʃ ən /, ih-SKUTCH-ən) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.The word can be used in two related senses.
The helm was made of heavy steel, decorated with gold and runes; a gold likeness of Glaurung the Dragon was set upon its crest. It was made for the Dwarf-king Azaghâl by Telchar , the great Dwarf-craftsman of Nogrod.
For a number of extant helmets, all that remains is the decorative silver or gold sheathing, the iron having corroded away entirely. [11] A single helmet found at Intercisa in Hungary, where a hoard of 15–20 helmets was unearthed, has a tall, integral, iron crest attached to the ridge.
Since no gold is added, only an object made of an alloy that already contains gold can be depletion gilded. Depletion gilding relies on the fact that gold is highly resistant to oxidation or corrosion by most common chemicals, whereas many other metals are not. Depletion gilding is most often used to treat alloys of gold with copper or silver ...