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Stick 100a.
Covered with gesso gilt: blue faience knob at one
end, curved wooden figure (in hard red wood
head, hands & feet painted white – rest of figure is
gesso gilt) at other end. At end of knob a cartouche in thin
gold inlay/<on faience>: The gold was a dull brick red
colour: became bright yellow on cleaning with NH3
Cleaned gesso with benzine & soft brush: cleaned
faience with water: sprayed painted parts of
figures with <solution of> celluloid in acetone as paint
was flaking off; also sprayed gesso when
flaking with same solution.
Stick 100b
In parts gesso gilt but largely not delicate
pattern in bark.
Cleared with benzine and soft brush. Treated/<Sprayed>
with <solution of> celluloid in acetone and stuck on loose
pieces of bark with celluloid.
Box 54
Ebony frame sponged with damp sponge
Red painted panels treated with celluloid in
acetone as paint was peeling off.