Gowland, William, 1842-1922, Japan Society of London · [London? : s.n.] · leaf 24
not olderthan the seventeenth century, as on assaying them I found thatthey were composed of 6y8 per cent, gold and 29*3 per cent,silver, a composition identical with that of the coinage ofthat date. Their weight was 291 oz. and value £8^0 sterling. The new vessels were made, of similar form to the… … Q <ac/) 19 2o So goo ( 33 )was used in accordance with my suggestions, was 90 gold,6 silver, and 4 copper.) Gold jewellery in our acceptation of the term was, as Ihave already stated, worn but sparingly, so that the useof gold in the art of the metal-worker was practically confinedto the…
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