Artworks in metal

thumb|right|A traditional "solar" monstrance

liturgical container

thumb|Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion

thumb|An engine-turned (guilloché) watch dial made by Derek Pratt (watchmaker)|Derek Pratt and rejected by him due to imperfections that are almost invisible to the bare eye. thumb|250px|Ancient Roman art|Roman guilloche around a scene with Diana the Huntress, late 2nd century AD, mosaic, Bardo National Museum, [[Tunis, Tunisia]] Guilloché (), or guilloche (), is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate, and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name. Engine turning machines may include the

thumb|Toreutics on the Vače Situla (Slovenia, 5th century BC) The term toreutics, relatively rarely used in English, refers to artistic metalworking – hammering gold or silver (or other materials), engraving, or using repoussé and chasing to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns. Toreutics can include metal-engraving – forward-pressure linear metal removal with a burin.

Tablet or board that is kissed first by the priest and then by members of the congregation during Catholic Mass

thumb| with a hawk and a sparrow, made by Hamano Masanobu, using the technique is a Japanese metalworking procedure which produces a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns; the term is also used to refer to the resulting laminate itself. The term translates closely to 'wood grain metal' or 'wood eye metal' and describes the way metal takes on the appearance of natural wood grain. fuses several layers of differently coloured precious metals together to form a sandwich of alloys called a "billet." The billet is then manipulated in such a way that a pattern resembling wood grain

thumb|French ormolu mantel clock (around 1800) by Julien Béliard (1758 – died after 1806), Paris. The clock case by Claude Galle (1758–1815) Ormolu (; ) is the gilding technique of applying finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze, and objects finished in this way. The mercury is driven off in a kiln, leaving behind a gold coating. The French refer to this technique as ; in English, it is known as gilt bronze. Around 1830, legislation in France outlawed the use of mercury for health reasons, though use continued to the 1900s.

effects worn by Christian pilgrims

thumb|Gate of the Winter Palace in [[St Petersburg.]] Ironwork is any weapon, artwork, utensil, or architectural feature made of iron, especially one used for decoration. There are two main types of ironwork: wrought iron and cast iron. While the use of iron dates as far back as 4000 BC, it was the Hittites who first knew how to extract it (see iron ore) and develop weapons. Use of iron was mainly utilitarian until the Middle Ages; it became widely used for decoration in the period between the 16th and 19th century.

decorative chain guiding water falling from a roof

Catholic liturgical object

thumb|A Georgian japanned tin tea tray—severely worn—black lacquer and gilt made in Birmingham, UK