The Preservation of Antiquities: A Handbook for Curators

CONTENTS.

	PAGE
Literature	xiii
Part I.
The changes undergone by antiquities in earth and in air	1
Limestone and clay	2
Iron	7
Bronze and copper	15
Silver	49
Lead	53
Tin	53
Gold	53
Glass	54
Organic substances	54
Part II.
The preservation of antiquities	56
i. Preservation of objects composed of inorganic substances
a. Limestone	56
b. Marble and alabaster	74
c. Earthenware	74
d. Slightly baked or unbaked clay	81
e. Fayence	86
f. Stucco and Nile-mud	87
g. Sandstone and granite	87
Appendix: Cement for earthenware. Restorations	87
h. Iron	89
1. Methods of preserving objects of iron without removal of the rust	89
2. Preservation by steeping and subsequent impregnation	92
3. Preservation by removal of the rust	102
4. Preservation of medieval iron objects	119
i. Bronze and copper	120
A. Methods of impregnation	122
B. Preservation by reduction	125
Reduction of oxidized copper coins	140
Cleaning copper coins with melted lead	143
C. Preservation by exclusion of air	144
Appendix: Method of bringing out worn lettering upon coins	146
j. Silver	148
k. Lead and tin	149
l. Gold	150
m. Glass and enamel	151
ii. Preservation of organic substances.
n. Bones, horns, ivory	151
o. Leather	152
p. Textile fabrics, hair	153
q. Feathers	154
r. Papyrus	154
s. Wood	156
1. Dry preservation	156
2. Preservation in liquids	159
Protection against wood-worms, etc.	Clyx.com