Gylt cast9/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Vermeil ( / ˈ v ɜːr m ɪ l/ or / v ər ˈ m eɪ/ French: ) is an alternative for the usual term silver-gilt. A vermeil wine cooler manufactured in 1810 by Paul Storr is located in the Vermeil Room of the White House. In China gilt-bronze, also known as ormolu, was more common.įor other uses, see Vermeil (disambiguation). Keum-boo is a special Korean technique of silver-gilding, using depletion gilding. Today electroplating is the most commonly used method: it involves no mercury and is therefore much safer. "Overlaying" or folding or hammering on gold foil or gold leaf is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (Bk vi, 232), and fire-gilding with mercury dates to at least the 4th century BC, and was the most common method until the Early Modern period at least, though dangerous for the workers and often caused blindness among French artisans who refined the technique in the 18th century. Silver-gilt objects have been made since ancient times across Eurasia, using a variety of gilding techniques, and a distinctive depletion gilding technique was developed by the Incas in Pre-Columbian South America. Techniques Silver gilt toilet service by Johann Jacob Kirstein, 1786 The "gold" threads used in embroidered goldwork are normally also silver-gilt. Ungilded silver would suffer oxidation and need frequent polishing gold does not oxidize at all. ![]() ![]() For objects that have intricate detail like monstrances, gilding greatly reduces the need for cleaning and polishing, and so reduces the risk of damage. Most large objects made in goldsmithing that appear to be gold are actually silver-gilt for example most sporting trophies (including medals such as the gold medals awarded in all Olympic Games after 1912) and many crown jewels are silver-gilt objects.Īpart from the raw materials being much less expensive to acquire than solid gold of any karat, large silver-gilt objects are also noticeably lighter if lifted, as well as more durable (gold is much heavier than even lead and is easily scratched and bent). Silver-gilt or gilded/gilt silver, sometimes known in American English by the French term vermeil, is silver (either pure or sterling) which has been gilded with gold. For other uses, see Vermeil (disambiguation). ![]()
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