Restoration

Restoration is a set of procedures used to enhance an object aesthetically, without compromising its integrity. This usually necessitates greater intervention than conservation and can involve complete reassembly and remodelling, often resulting in invisible repair.

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BEFORE AFTER Sèvres plate. 18th Century (Hard paste porcelain) Condition: Two large areas missing from rim of plate. Treatment: Take mould from the other side of plate using dental wax. Fill area with milliput. Retouch using golden acrylics. Guild using gold powder.

BEFORE AFTER Imari cup. Early 18th century (Hard paste porcelain) Condition: Broken into 70 pieces with many small fragments. Surface dirt. Treatment: Cleaning synperionic ‘n' bonding using Fynebond epoxy resin. Colour filling using Fynbond fumed silica cab-o-sil pigment. Polish micromesh 2400.