Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1917 — Gold Leaf. [ARTICLE]

Gold Leaf.

There appears to be some mystery "about Use origin of gold leaf. It is found, xor example, in Mnnectlon with the most ancient known mummies, having been used for covering teeth, tongue, skin, etc. Sometimes It la also found on the coffins. Gold leaf was also used on the tombs and monuments of ancient Egypt. The process of making gold leaf has thus been known since the eighth century, B. O. In the eleventh century it seems to have attained as high a degree of perfection as today. The gold leaf on some ancient Grecian pottery, indeed. |e as thin as that now used.