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Subject:Cloisonne disaster - how to fix?
Posted By: beadiste Mon, Sep 29, 2014 IP: 24.237.19.45
I bought what appears to be a Meiji Japanese 12" plate, knowing it had some damage to the back and a few dinks on the front, but the cloisonne was so extraordinary I wanted to see it.
Imagine my dismay to have it arrive in a padded envelope inside a cardboard box. The bowl of chips are what I emptied out of the envelope.
So what do I do to prevent further damage? Carefully replace what chips I can with some sort of soluble adhesive, then cover any exposed copper with a light coat of soluble black paint? By "soluble," I mean something that can be dissolved and removed. Not with water - no sense in getting verdigris started as well.
This would just be to stabilize the piece until more professional conservatory work could be done.
Ideas, anyone?
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