In literature, the term "antique gold" is often used to evoke a sense of aged opulence and refined beauty. Authors employ it as a color descriptor to breathe life into jewelry and decorative objects—imparting an aura of history and delicate craftsmanship. For instance, characters are adorned with necklaces, rings, and circlets in antique gold, suggesting not only the luxury of a bygone era but also an intimate link to tradition and artistry ([1], [2], [3]). In other passages, the soft, warm glow of antique gold is celebrated in intricate metalwork and filigree details that enhance the narrative’s tactile richness ([4], [5], [6]). This evocative hue is further used to set the tone in poetic lines and reflective passages, where its nostalgic shimmer underscores the nuanced beauty of all things old and precious ([7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18]).
- She wore a necklace of turquoises set in antique gold, and in her hair was a big gold comb inset with the same stones, irregularly cut.
— from The Beautiful Miss Brooke by Louis Zangwill
- Her sole ornaments were a diamond star in the hair and an antique gold circlet on one of her bare arms.
— from How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Max Simon Nordau
- It was a belt of antique gold chain, more than an inch in width, each link being set with two pearls.
— from The Capsina: An Historical Novel by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
- The metal, he then saw, was a soft antique gold, wrought into a decoration of delicate spindles, with a border of filigree.
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
- He unclasped a ruby brooch, curiously set in antique gold, from his collar, and placed it in the boy's hand.
— from The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. Vol. 1 by Grace Aguilar
- The ring was an antique gold, with a costly stone, and a Spanish name, which showed her to have been of good family.
— from First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Joaquin Miller
- I choose fair colors, furs, and antique gold To draw men's eyes and hands, and yet how cold, How careless are their eyes.
— from Herbs and Apples by Helen Hay Whitney
- She wore a delicate, flat gold necklace, small gold earrings and a slim, antique gold bracelet set with semiprecious stones.
— from Peggy Finds the Theatre by Virginia Hughes
- Her right hand was supported by an antique gold-headed cane, and she leant with the other on the arm of her daughter.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 736, February 2, 1878 by Various
- She obeyed, and took out a very small and antique gold ring, in which was set a rather dull emerald.
— from The Princess And The Jewel Doctor
1905 by Robert Hichens
- "Babu, 18-3 one of my friends in the room, was wearing a heavy antique gold watch and chain.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
- It has a diamond clasp, set in antique gold, which is the most valuable part of the necklace.
— from The Hand in the Dark by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
- So he came to me and has given me an antique gold ring with a very well cut stone.
— from Albert Dürer by T. Sturge (Thomas Sturge) Moore
- " Burton, "antique golden pieces"; but there is nothing to show that the gold was coined.
— from Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
- And all enclosed in antique gold!"
— from The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
- He found scattered over Ireland, mainly hidden in the cabins of the poor, pieces of antique gold, inestimable jewels that were purely Irish.
— from Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
- Maude But do you like antique gold better?
— from The Sweet Girl Graduates: A Farce in Three Acts and an Epilogue by H. Rea (Hannah Rea) Woodman
- The jewels we examined were, however, magnificent in their antique gold settings.
— from The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias by William Le Queux