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mosaic gold
mosaic gold
/ əˈɪɪ /
noun
- stannic sulphide, esp when suspended in lacquer for use in gilding surfaces
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mosaic gold1
First recorded in 1720–30; so called because used in mosaic work
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All vain ambition, such as that now subsisting, between the potboy and the peer, as manifested in Chesterfield's mosaic gold and cigars, would be prevented.
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Never wear mosaic gold or paste diamonds; they are representatives of a mean ambition to appear what you are not, and most likely what you ought not to wish to be.
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In the front of our engraving is represented a spacious circular enclosure which will be made, by an ornamental railing of mosaic gold, and divided into compartments by terms.
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It has the same row of pillars with little specks of mosaic gold; but its beauty is that of delicate proportions and soft tones.
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