Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses' Dinner Set for 12
Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses' dinner setting for twelve persons comprising twelve main plates, twelve soup bowls, twelve side plates, twelve cup saucer plate sets, two salad bowls, two teapots, two rectangular sweet meat dishes, two small round dishes, two small oval dishes, two graduated meat trays, pair of salt shakers, pair of pepper shakers, pair of marrow spoons, pair of floral encrusted candlesticks, another pair of candlesticks, coffee pot & stand, lidded sugar bowl, creamer, slops bowl, lidded vegetable tureen on a two handled dish, square dish, oval two handled olive dish, oval tray, small dish, small bowl, trough dish, gravy boat & stand, gilded cake slice, pate knife, eight cotton napkins & a pair of oven mits. Condition good, some minor wear
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- Gilding - Gilding is a method of ornamentation whereby a thin sheet of gold metal is applied to items made of wood, leather, ceramics, glass and silver for decorative purposes.
For furniture including mirrors, the sheet of gold is usually applied over a coating of gesso. Gesso is a mixture of plaster of Paris and gypsum mixed with water and then applied to the carved wooden frames of mirrors and picture frames as a base for applying the gold leaf. After numerous coats of gesso have been applied, allowed to dry and then sanded a coat of "bole", a usually red coloured mixture of clay and glue is brushed on and allowed to dry, after which the gold leaf is applied. Over time parts of the gilding will rub off so the base colour can be seen. In water gilding, this was generally a blue colour, while in oil gilding, the under layer was often yellow. In Victorian times, gilders frequently used red as a pigment beneath the gold leaf.
Metal was often gilded by a process known as fire gilding. Gold mixed with mercury was applied and heated, causing the mercury to evaporate, the long-term effect of which was to kill or disable the craftsman or woman from mercury poisoning. The pursuit of beauty has claimed many victims, not the least of which were the artists who made those pieces so highly sought after today.
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