Shell gold and shell silver

Shell gold , also painter gold or gold bronze , is integrally riebenes with rubber or honey water Gold powder ( powder gold ), which is sold in the eponymous shells. It is used as a gold paint for painting or writing on paper. As fake Shell gold is mosaic gold referred.

Shell silver , also painter's silver or silver bronze , is silver leaf produced and presented in the same way. As fake Shell Silver is Musivsilber referred.

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• Shell gold. In: Lueger, Otto: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences, Vol. 6 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1908., S. 544. At: Zeno.org
• Shell gold. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 14. Leipzig 1908, p. 294. At: Zeno.org
• Shell silver. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 14. Leipzig 1908, p. 297. At: Zeno.org
• Shell gold. In: Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 11. Altenburg 1860, p. 569. At: Zeno.org
• Painter's silver. In: Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 10. Altenburg 1860, p. 795. At: Zeno.org
• J. Maier: Techniques of gilding. Building renovation , 1996, ISSN  0939-4680 .