Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons. Buttons were brushed with a solution of nitrate of mercury and a gold amalgam paste are placed in a cylindrical wire gauze cage fitted with a long handle. The cage is rotated in the furnace and the mercury is vaporised and the gold amalgam adheres to the button. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons. Buttons were brushed with a solution of nitrate of mercury and a gold amalgam paste are placed in a cylindrical wire gauze cage fitted with a long handle. The cage is rotated in the furnace and the mercury is vaporised and the gold amalgam adheres to the button. Dated 19th century
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Image Number: 1746-29956196Rights ManagedCredit Line:World History Archive/Image Asset Management/SuperStockCollection:Image Asset ManagementContributor:World History ArchiveModel Release:NoProperty Release:NoResolution:4033×5200
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