The package contains 10 booklets, each with 25 sheets of gold 24k leaf.

• Dimensions: The format shown below is 85 mm, which is slightly larger than the modern standard format of 80 x 80 mm.
• Purity & Use: 24-karat gold. Its warm hue is highly sought after by restorers of icons, church sculptures, or architectural exterior elements.
• Historical value: This specific package of gold leaf is a rare historical collector's item, the production of which is estimated to date from between 1920 and 1950 (mid-20th century).
• Traditional packaging: The package is hand-tied with a thin, red cotton string, crisscrossed. This traditional method was used in historic workshops to press the packages, preventing air and moisture from getting in – loving details that have disappeared in modern plastic or industrially sealed packaging.
• Condition: The inner leaves look superb and are in pristine condition, ready for immediate use. The gold surface exhibits clean metallic reflections without any oxidation spots and displays the deep, warm golden-yellow hue characteristic of the historic "Katharinengold" mark.

Although the package is about 75 to 100 years old, the gold inside is completely intact.

Historical context:

• “Ein Buch fein Katharinengold” – translates to “Ein Buch feines Katharina-Blattgold”.
• The package comes from Germany, more precisely from the historical region of Franconia in the north of the state of Bavaria.
• During that era, the production of this type of gold leaf was concentrated almost exclusively in the city of Schwabach (near Nuremberg), the world-famous gold-beating city.

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