Sample of gold leaf

Six draw vellum-covered refracting telescope, unsigned, English, late 17th century

Bangle of dyed and laminated sycamore veneer and gold leaf: British, by Peter Chatwin and Pamela Martin, 1993

Figure of Buddha made of teak wood and overlaid with lacquer and gold leaf, represented as an austere standing image with an angular treatment of the elongated hands and draped body, on a stepped octagonal wooden pedestal: Southeast Asia, Myanmar, early 19th century

Game board for chaupar or patchisi, part of set, checquered, glass beads, gold leaf: India, Kathiawar, Kathi, mid 20th century

'Conditions for Ornament No. 23', lidded brass form covered with gold leaf, by Michael Rowe, 1994, London

Crutch of wood inlaid with zigzag, hexagonal and other patterns in ivory and gold-leaf: Indian, Goa

Signed tiara or neckpiece entitled 'Entry of the Queen of the Night (Mozart Series)', in yellow and white gold, carved and inlaid grey moonstone and mother-of-pearl, by Kevin Coates, London, 1996

Metal boa constructed of thirty large, long pod shapes made of anodised, dyed and crazed aluminium, the inner surface of each pod gilded with 18 carat green gold leaf: English, London, by Jane Adam, 1999

'Badly drawn necklace', neckpiece composed of a length of gold wire which appears to issue, like a drawn line, from a 'pencil', which lies on the chest when worn and acts as a pendant, the pencil is covered with gold leaf and has a sharpened gold point and a gold dot at its base, it is marked Au: English, London, by Laura Potter, June 2000

Angular brooch of enamel layered with gold and silver leaf on silver, with surface suggestive of bark: Japan, Tokyo, by Iwata Hiroki, 2000

Tea jar of brown glazed stoneware and ivory lid, with gold leaf decoration inside lid: Japan

Brooch on a stainless steel frame, made of stainless steel wire, aluminium leaf and gold leaf: Japan, Tokyo, by Suō Emiko, 2005

Necklace entitled Aki iro ni tsutsumarete (Enveloped in the Colours of Autumn), made of a chain of 338 links of camphor bark (tsuru) each lined with 20 carat gold leaf; the neckpiece is open-ended and made of two single chains joined at every third link: Japan, by Oda Makiko, 2004

Vase, black mould blown glass with protruding gold leaf band, inverted conical shape, on small square slate plinth, base held with metal armature: England, London, Anna Dickinson, 1994

White Gold Meerblau, blown glass vase, sand-blasted, with glue chip texture and white gold leaf: Scotland, Edinburgh, Alison McConachie, 2007