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3D Scanning and Printing
3D Scanning and Printing
Surface Dirt and dust was removed using dry cleaning methods such as soft brushes and a museum vacuum on low suction with a net guard covering the nozzle.
This was followed by wet cleaning the surface of the pediment with Tri-Ammonium Citrate 2% in distilled water as it was the most affective in removing the engrained dirt and did not affect the state of the oil gilding. Acetone was used to treat the water gilding.
Surface Dirt and dust was removed using dry cleaning methods such as soft brushes and a museum vacuum on low suction with a net guard covering the nozzle.
This was followed by wet cleaning the surface of the pediment with Tri-Ammonium Citrate 2% in distilled water as it was the most affective in removing the engrained dirt and did not affect the state of the oil gilding. Acetone was used to treat the water gilding.
Once the gesso had dried it was then sanded down to make it smooth, level and matched the original appearance of the corner
Ceramic Plate
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Brief History
The ceramic plate was a low fired earthenware produced by and English Company 'The Railway Pottery'. The plate originally would have come as a set of two labelled 'The Chase' and 'The Meet', both depicting hunting scenes. The painting on the plate would have been done by hand and would have been mass produced.
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Signs of Previous Conservation
The plate had originally been broken into six pieces of various sizes. At some point the plate had been pieced back together. Where small pieces of plate had been chipped they were replaced with coloured fills.
Yellow coloured fill, dotted with white to recreate the decorative pattern on the surface of the plate
Red coloured fill
Break line visible and gold paint around rim of plate appears to be wearing away in places
Images were taken using a x20 micrscope
It is unknown what type of fill was used to recreate the missing pieces of ceramic
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