(For the record, ormolu is a kind of gilding that involved the use of mercury ... various silver-gilt decorations, furniture and porcelain, according to curators at the Virginia Museum of Fine ...

So-called because of the stylised gilded porcelain rhinoceros on the vase ... with oak leaves and acorns applied with burnished and chased gilding. Rockingham pottery is now highly collectable ...

When I was working on this exhibition my hero was Nicholas Sprimont, a goldsmith who went on to create the first porcelain factory ... flickering on the gilding, bringing these works to life ...