Wilkinson, John Gardner; Birch, Samuel [Mitarb.]: The Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs: being a companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian collections (London, 1857)

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enamel or opaque glass composition inlaid in the metal, pre-
viously hollowed out to receive it; of which last many good
specimens are found in the winged figures and other orna-

(W. 71.)

ments seen in our museums. A bracelet in the Louvre has a
device of gold inlaid in this manner, which, in the workmanship
of its hinge, is like many worn at the present day. Highly

OV. 73.)

ornamented gold vases were equally numerous, especially about
the wealthy period of the eighteenth and following dynasties.
Such were the baskets represented in the tomb of the third