Dear members,
is it possible to distinguish between a north european gilded iron from the
15th cent AD, and a gilded iron from the 19th cent?
Or, to be more precise (after discussion with Jack Ogden): is copper
plating prior to mercury gilding still practised at the 19th cent?
David Bourgarit
Responsable des études métallurgiques
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