Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. metal
8. [metal by composition or origin]
9. nonferrous metal
10. [gold and gold alloy]
11. gold (metal)

Anotations

Scope note:

Gold leaf ground into a powder and mixed with honey or other binder, used to produce powdered effects on leather bindings, to repair or restore gold tooling, and to gild manuscripts. Originally packaged in mussel shells, more recently it is sold in plastic containers shaped like mussel shells or in tablet or small block form.