Wrights of Lymm are now stocking Ardenbrite (Water-based) Metallic Paints.  These are available in 250ml tins in the following colours –

• Light Gold
• Antique Gold
• Silver
• Old Penny Bronze

 

You can order these from our website www.wrightsoflymm.co.uk  or call us on 01925 752226

There could be no better waste of wealth than this. The Australian company ‘The Toilet Man’ has produced a toilet paper roll made entirely of 22-carat gold. This weird golden item costs an astonishing $1,376,900. The roll is three ply to provide the most gentle wipe. Each order will be personally delivered with a bottle of champagne. Talking in Dubai, the company stated: ‘As you use the toilet paper 22-carat gold flakes will fall onto the floor and your behind, taking you to another level of sophistication. 

The gilded bronze statue of Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch by William Bloye and Raymond Forbes-Kings stands on a plinth of Portland stone, outside the old Register Office on Broad Street in Birmingham, England.

 

It is known locally as The Golden Boys after its colour, or The Carpet Salesmen after the partially rolled-up plan of a steam engine which they are examining. They were most famous for improving and developing the steam engine.

 

Sponsored by an £8,000 bequest from Richard Wheatley in 1939, and £7,500 from the City Council, it was unveiled in 1956, from preliminary designs drawn up in 1938.

 

The statue was restored and re-gilded, and replaced in its old position in September 2006.

 

It is planned to be relocated; suggested sites including ‘across the road’ in Centenary Square or at Millennium Point in Eastside

 

Gold in the form of a thin leaf is an item valued for its purity as a religious offering and for its power to placate spirits and request favours. Postage-stamp-size booklets of gold leaves are always on sale along with incense, flowers and candles at temples and shrines for use as daily offerings.

 

One way for Thai Buddhists to show their respect for a person or concept is to make merit by affixing small squares of gold leaf onto images of Buddha or other sacred objects.

 

Even the act of making gold leaf earns merit for individuals. Sheets of gold are pounded to .000005 of an inch. The leaves of gold are made by two poundings with wooden mallets. It takes about five hours of hammering to complete one pouch of gold leaf. Then the job passes to the delicate hands of young girls to slice up squares of 2.5 centimetres and put them on waxed paper and stacked in booklets ready to sell

 

 

We now have back in stock the Rubber Rockers – Fine

These are now available at just £5.95 from our website www.wrightsoflymm.co.uk or call us on 01925 752226

We currently have some slightly imperfect Imitation Loose Leaf Booklets that we are selling off at an almost give away price of just £0.50 per book for both the Imitation Gold 2.5 Loose Leaf and the Imitation Silver Loose Leaf,Whereas the Variegated Red and Blue Loose Leaf are both £1.95 per book ,the leaf is slightly stuck to the edges of the booklets.  Colours available are :

 

Imitation Gold 2.5 Loose Leaf

Imitation Silver Loose Leaf

Red Variegated Loose Leaf

Blue/Green Variegated Loose Leaf

 

To order this whilst stocks last please see Special Offers on our website www.wrightsoflymm.co.uk or telephone your order through on 01925 752226 !!

 

We are now stocking Selhamin Bole in 250ml Jars at just £5.45 each.  Please find these on the gilding section of our website www.wrightsoflymm.co.uk or order by phone on 01925 754368