18th Century Faience Plate, Marseilles Factory – Veuve Perrin Period

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[su_column size=”1/2″] PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Clean broken edges
2. Bond
3. Fill/ replace missing areas
4. Rub down fills/ missing areas using 00 flour paper
5. Retouching using airbrush and hand painting

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MARSEILLES PLATE ON ACCEPTANCE
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MARSEILLES PLATE ON COMPLETION
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MARSEILLES PLATE ON COMPLETION – DETAIL
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19th Century Staffordshire Flatback Figure. Lead Glazed Earthenware Decorated with Overglaze Enamel

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[su_column size=”1/2″] PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Clean break edges
2. Bond
3. Fill cracks / missing areas with epoxy putty
4. Rub down filled areas with flour paper
5. Retouch using airbrush/hand painting.

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STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE
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STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE ON COMPLETION
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STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE ON COMPLETION – DETAIL
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19th Century Tea Caddy with Inset Jasperware Medallions

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[su_column size=”3/5″]PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Cleaned all Jasperware medallions mechanically, avoiding contact with metal and wood surrounds.
2. Silicon rubber mould taken of medallion on lid of caddy.
3. Replacement medallion cast using epoxy resin.
4. Retouched using airbrush

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TEA CADDY ON ACCEPTANCE

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TEA CADDY ON COMPLETION

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18th Century  (circa 1715) Chinese Hard Paste Porcelain “Famille Verte” Side Plate

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[su_column size=”3/5″]PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Clean
2. Bond by capillary action.
3. Fill using epoxy resin,fumed silica and pigments to match body colour of plate.
4. Rub down filled areas using 00 flour paper.
5. Polish fills using micromesh cloth.

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FAMILLE VERTE PLATE ON ACCEPTANCE

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FAMILLE VERTE PLATE ON COMPLETION

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19th Century Opaque Glass Vase with Overpainted Decoration – Reputedly American, Tiffany Factory

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[su_column size=”3/5″]PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Clean break edges
2. Dry tape assemblage
3. Bond by capillary action
4. Retouch by hand

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VASE ON ACCEPTANCE

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VASE ON COMPLETION

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Ivory Figurine Seated on an Onyx Base, Art Deco Period

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[su_column size=”3/5″]PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Research.
2. Remodel missing areas with epoxy putty following researched documentation.
3. Bond.
4. Rub down modelled area with 00 flour paper.
5. Retouch replaced area using airbrush.

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[su_column size=”1/4″]IVORY FIGURINE ON COMPLETION – FRONT VIEW[/su_column]
[su_column size=”1/4″]IVORY FIGURINE ON COMPLETION – SIDE VIEW
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19th Century Majolica Milk Maid

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[su_column size=”3/5″]PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Dismantle previous restoration
2. Clean
3. Bond
4. Fill cracks, chips / remodel missing areas
5. Rub down fills/ remodelled areas using 00 flour paper
6. Retouch using airbrush / hand painting.

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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE- FRONT VIEW [/su_column]
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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE- DETAIL OF NECK[/su_column]
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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE- DETAIL OF NECK[/su_column]
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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE- DETAIL OF STOOL[/su_column]
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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE- DETAIL OF HAT[/su_column]
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FIGURE AFTER DISMANTLING AND CLEANING[/su_column]
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FIGURE AFTER BONDING AND FILLING NECK BREAK[/su_column]
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AFTER MODELLING MISSING STOOL LEGS
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FIGURE ON COMPLETION – REVERSE VIEW[/su_column]
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DETAIL OF NECK – FRONT VIEW
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DETAIL OF NECK – LEFT VIEW
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DETAIL OF NECK – RIGHT VIEW[/su_column]
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DETAIL OF STOOL[/su_column]
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Royal Worcester “Only Me” Figurine Modelled by Freda Doughty no. RW3226 circa 1940-1959.

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[su_column size=”3/5″]PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Dismantle previous restoration
2. Clean
3. Bond
4. Fill
5. Rub down filled areas with 00 flour paper
6. Retouch using airbrush / hand painting.

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FIGURINE ON ACCEPTANCE- REVERSE VIEW [/su_column]
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FIGURINE DISMANTLED AND CLEANED – REVERSE VIEW[/su_column]

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Restoration of English 18th Century Soft Paste Porcelain Figurine, Bow Factory, decorated with under glaze enamels

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PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Dismantle previous restoration
2. Clean
3. Remodel missing areas of bocage using silicon rubber moulds
4. Research and remodelled arm
5. Bond remodelled areas to figurine
6. Rub back all fills/reconstructed areas with 00 flour paper
7. Retouch using airbrush/ hand painting
8. Gilded areas – gold powder applied on gold size.

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FIGURINE ON ACCEPTANCE – SHOWING PREVIOUS RESTORATION
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SHOWING RECONSTRUCTED AREAS – FRONT AND BACK VIEW
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FIGURINE ON COMPLETION
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Late 18th Century Soft Paste Porcelain Figure. English – Possibly Derby or Chelsea

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[su_column size=”1/2″] PROCESSES OF RESTORATION

1. Clean all surfaces including break edges
2. Bond
3. Remodel missing areas/ fill cracks using epoxy putty
4. Rub down filled/ remodelled areas using 00 flour paper
5. Retouching using airbrush and hand painting.

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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE
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FIGURE ON ACCEPTANCE – DETAIL OF MISSING FINGERS/em>
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DETAIL OF REMODELLED FINGERS
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FIGURE ON COMPLETION – FRONT VIEW
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FIGURE ON COMPLETION – BACK VIEW
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