Hello Friends!
I just got this beautiful piece of
ancient glass from
FORVM.
Here's
FORVM's listing:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=32591q00.jpg&vpar=1636&zpg=38031&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/I
had a couple of questions for the experts related to cleaning this little
gem:
1) Should I clean it at all? I haven't tried to remove any of the deposits but some of it has flaked off just from handling.
2) If I can and should clean it, how is that accomplished? DW soak like the coins?
There are some little adhesive tags with written numbers on it probably related to cataloging that I'm sure would fall off if it went into the soak. It might be nice if those could stay where they are just as an artifact of this piece's
provenance. Take them off, clean and then replace them? (As a nice little extra, Mr.
Malloy's original
catalog tag was inside. I fished it out with tweezers!)
On the plus
side, there seems to be some really pretty
iridescence underneath the adhesions that you can't see too well that would look nice on display.
Also on the plus
side, despite having some cracks, this is a heavy piece that seems to be solid.
Clean it or leave it alone?
Thanks for your suggestions!
Regards,
mz