Sentence examples for gold workmanship from inspiring English sources

Examples of elaborate gold workmanship, many in nearly perfect condition, survive from ancient Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian, and Etruscan artisans, and gold continues to be a highly favoured material out of which to craft jewelry and other decorative objects.

A few small but extremely fine gold figurines of undoubted Javanese workmanship have also turned up.

He is so impressed with the workmanship of his gold Scythian horse and chariot trappings that he is taking them to Paris to sell at the Biennale des Antiquaires in September.

Thailand sells gold by the karat, not the workmanship.

This can save you a tremendous amount of money compared to buying jewelry in Europe or the USA, where it is commonplace to charge as much or more for workmanship than for the gold itself.

I saw boxes full of gold, items exhibiting the very finest Anglo-Saxon workmanship.

Anyone who has been to Borobodur, or to the nearby Hindu temple at Prambanan, will not be surprised at the 14 centuries of artistry and workmanship on display in "Old Javanese Gold".

The workmanship of the Rothschild egg is simply extraordinary the gold work, the wonderful pink enamel.

The large bronze vessel in which the man's ashes were deposited came from Cyprus, and the gold items buried with the woman are splendid and sophisticated in their workmanship.

Wilkin said the workmanship was astonishing: the torc was shaped from a square section bar of gold, and then twisted and burnished.

To Ely he gave gold and silver vessels for the altar, and a chasuble embroidered in gold "of such inestimable workmanship and worth, that none in the kingdom is considered richer or more valuable".