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Treatment; 29/03/21; Secure metal rim and light clean.; Metals

Header: Treatment; 29/03/21; Secure metal rim and light clean.; Metals
Reason: Loan
Description: Rim lightly cleaned with cotton swabs of Acetone. The rim was not fixed securely to the ivory and was loose, so two areas were targeted on either side of the vessel rim using Japanese tissue paper to provide a key and HMG Cellulose Nitrate. The rim was not forced to sit back on the vessel so that too much pressure was applied to the ivory, it was secured with a light touch only.
Details: Treatment