Conservation in progress on an 1,800-year-old silver plate. It’s one of 93 Roman treasures
Conservation in progress on an 1,800-year-old silver plate. It’s one of 93 Roman treasures coming back to life through painstaking cleaning, which starts with…water and Q-tips. Plate with Portrait of Maia and Mercury, Roman, 2nd–3rd century A.D. Silver and gold. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris More from our conservators on the Berthouville Treasure. -- source link
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