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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?







Subject:More pics
Posted By: beadiste Tue, Sep 30, 2014

Seems I uploaded the same pic twice.

The detail on this piece is impressive - note the dragon on the helmet, for example, and the way the honeycomb "armor" on the jacket is represented by precisely half-filled cloisons.





Subject:Re: More pics
Posted By: Jim H Thu, Oct 02, 2014

Here is web address of a place that restores cloissone. I haven't used them but they seem reputabe and competent. I'd suggest an appraisal first, to know if it is worth the cost.

URL Title :http://www.restorationservices.com/cloisonne-repair.html


Subject:Thank you, Jim. I have contacted them.
Posted By: beadiste Wed, Oct 08, 2014

Fortunately, the major repairs are to the back.


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