18670
Accession Number
33156
Title Of Article Chaper
Note on non-destruction removal of later engraving on silver
Title Of Journal Book
Studies in conservation
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
118-119
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
French;German;Italian;Spanish
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The author developed a gentle procedure of removing engraving, based on the historic technique of fire silvering, as described by theophilus. The method described is non-destructive and has been successfully applied to the restoration of a dutch 17th-century communion cup with a later inscription.
Keywords
Silver, artifact restoration; silver, metallurgy
pub_id
18670