Manufacture
The piece is hammered from a gold alloy gold (88.3%), silver (11%), copper (0.59%) and tin (0.086%). Its average thickness is only 0.78 mm. The amount of gold used for making the object is equivalent to the size of a matchbox.
Twenty different decorative punches, a comb, and six stamp-wheels or cylindrical stamps where used to apply the patterns. For a more detailed discussion of the cone's manufacture, see here.
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