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Update - my wife took it to a gold specialist jewelers, who unfortunately confirmed it was gold powder paint of little value. At the same time the wife's sister tried some of the powder using a home testing kit, but when the acid was dropped on it, it completely disappeared. So, it looks like it has very little value, which is a pity as we have about 1kg of the stuff. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Sorry, nothing yet. It came from my wife's mother so need to convince the wife to get it to a jewellers for valuing.

Thanks for the offer but I'm about 150 miles away. I'll look into the testing kits, would this be an appropriate one to use https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jewelry-Appraisal-Platinum-Palladium-Precious/dp/B09D6L3BWF/ref=sr_1_1? ?

Hi, newbie here joining the forum for some help on an interesting find. My mother-in-law recently passed away and when clearing out the attic we found a small box containing several paper wraps. Inside each wrap is what appears to be a very fine powdered gold. Each wrap weighs about 34g and is about 8cm x 5cm and perhaps 1-2mm thick. The wraps are a blue tissue paper, and inside that, white waxed paper. The brown paper in the picture is from a milliners shop, so perhaps it was used in decorative hat making, or maybe this was just unrelated packing? It seems to be very old, I'd say at least 1960's. We are planning to find an assayer who can check if it is actually gold and if so, to test the purity (any recommendations in the UK appreciated). We then plan to sell.