TAA i.2.12a.1.22
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
(22)
Ebony Stool inlaid Ivory No 83.
Removed dust by blowing with small pair
of bellows and afterwards brushed with
small soft brush and benzine.Cleaned gol The gold ornamentation was very
tarnished. Cleaned with Scrubb’s Ammonia
diluted with water and afterwards washed
with water. Applied the ammonia and also
the water by means of a piece of soft linen,
and for the corners used a pointed piece of
wood covered with soft linen, and <also> a small
brush.
Stuck in loose pieces of ivory with a strong
solution of celluloid in amyl acetate applied
with a small brush. Also three loose gold
covers for bosses, also several loose pieces of ebony
and loose <wooden> eye of goose/<duck>. (One piece of ivory, three
gold covers for bosses and the eye were found loose on the floor)