Tooltip Categories: Materials and techniques
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Glas
Translation: Glass Description: a substance which, in its ordinary forms, is transparent, lustrous, hard, and brittle (OED). VARIANTS: glase, glasse. TYPES: none identified. Example of inventory: Inv. 21, 62
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Goud
Translation: Gold Description: a yellow precious metal, resistant to tarnishing and corrosion and relatively malleable and ductile (OED). VARIANTS: gouwe, gout. TYPES: none identified. Catalogue example: cat. 123 Example of…
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Goud Beslagen
Translation: Covered with gold Description: a metal or other material being covered with gold. VARIANTS: none identified. FORMS: none identified. Example of inventory: Inv. 85.
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Lode
Translation: Lead Description: lead. VARIANTS: none identified. TYPES: none identified. Example of inventory: Inv. 21.
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Parelemoer
Translation: Mother of pearl Description: a smooth, shining, iridescent substance forming the inner layer of the shell of some molluscs and used in ornamentation (OED). VARIANTS: none identified. TYPES: none…
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Silvere
Translation: Silver Description: one of the precious metals, characterized in a pure state by its lustrous white colour and great malleability and ductility (OED). VARIANTS: silverde, silleferen, zilveren, zulveren. TYPES:…
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Steentge
Translation: Stone Description: a piece of rock or hard mineral substance (other than metal) of a small or moderate size (OED); it often refers to diamonds, but can be any…
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Paddesteentie
Translation: Toadstone Description: a name formerly applied to various stones or stone-like objects, likened to a toad in colour or shape, or supposed to be produced by a toad, and…
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Vergulden
Translation: Gilt Description: a material which is covered with a thin coating of silver (OED). Variants: vergult, vergulde. TYPES: none identified. Catalogue example: cat. 164 Example of inventory: Inv. 16,…
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Gieten
Translation: Jet Description: a hard black semi-precious form of lignite, able to receive a brilliant polish and used ornamentally (OED). VARIANTS: getten, get. TYPES: (1) swart getten, black jet. Example…