Hi, Got a nice "Sinterklaas" present (a dutch tradition, celebraded on 5th of december) which came from a flee marked. It will be used (again) for instruction purposes for metalconservation students (I will probably intentionally make some dents which they will have to remove). I know it`s German, b...
Hi, A piece like this would be washed in water+non-ionic soap and then cleaned with a slurry of preticipated chalk in water with a little non-ionic soap added (2%), using cotton wool swaps (like swaps on a stick and the round ones normally used for removal of make-up). Chalk residues are washed away...
Does someone recognise the mark on this salt? It reads "T.85" T and both 8 & 5 are individually underlined , see pictures. The salt is a recent addition to my little collection of salts which I use for instruction purposes (As a metal conservator/restorer I give courses on several subjects, incl...