Queen Victoria landed at the harbour from the royal yacht in 1846, and a brass inlay of her footstep can be seen at the top of the landing stage.

The stone formed a matrix which at one time contained the brass inlay (tradition states it was a silver inlay).

The floor is terrazzo with brass inlays but it was unseen until the 1988 renovation.

The interior's narthex is a raw, rich combination of bright fresco, rough red brick and giant hammered iron handrails with brass inlay.

Since its last restoration it is a really beautiful sight, with the court marked out in brass inlay in the floor.

They are almost always made of wood, often ebony, and often ornamented with ormolu mounts, brass inlay, wood or tortoise shell veneer, or decorative varnish.

A $4.8 billion construction project is under way, and already two concourses have been transformed into sun-drenched, airy spaces with terrazzo floors embedded with shimmering brass inlays.

These have maple burl tops with brass inlay and maple bases lacquered black to resemble ebony.

The clock's front has an ormolu Saturn-mask mount and brass inlay with foliage and scrollwork.

The showiest is a rosewood card table with brass inlays and a gilded base with swans' heads and paw feet.