I'm depressed, sooooo......

Atlantia · 22nd August 2008, 02:16 PM

Ooh, very nice work! Thats a huge improvement Flavio.
Congratulations!

katana · 22nd August 2008, 03:23 PM

Excellent.....

Well done Flavio,
could you explain how you did the restoration, I would be most interested.

Kind regards David

Flavio · 22nd August 2008, 07:43 PM

Thank you Gene and David.

David, I have found a quite old vague of necklace (I think that was of my grandmother). I have sawn, with a little saw for iron, the vague in two parts. Than I have glued to the half part of the vague a segment of a silver bracelet (the little balls you can see on the pics of the dagger around the cup). Than I have used a pin of iron to collocate all (ah there is another smaller vague at the top of the cup, also this in silver). In the inner part of the cup I have used putty.

I hope that my poor english is clear enough

P.S. I think that the two vagues are silver, maybe a low grade silver

katana · 22nd August 2008, 08:13 PM

Thanks Flavio,
a nice idea to use jewellery... what is the 'new' disc made of ?

Flavio · 22nd August 2008, 09:13 PM

David, do you mean the last and bigger disc of the handle? It is the original, made of ivory.

Flavio

katana · 22nd August 2008, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flavio

David, do you mean the last and bigger disc of the handle? It is the original, made of ivory.

Flavio

Yes, sorry Flavio, I had forgotten that the disc was there originally

....I should have re-read the posting. Although in your pictures it looks whiter and 'cleaner' than the rest of the ivory used in the handle. Or is it caused by the lighting at the time of the photograph.

David

Flavio · 22nd August 2008, 09:31 PM

Yes David, it's because of the light, I'm not so able as photographer....

22nd August 2008, 07:43 PM	#3
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Thank you Gene and David. David, I have found a quite old vague of necklace (I think that was of my grandmother). I have sawn, with a little saw for iron, the vague in two parts. Than I have glued to the half part of the vague a segment of a silver bracelet (the little balls you can see on the pics of the dagger around the cup). Than I have used a pin of iron to collocate all (ah there is another smaller vague at the top of the cup, also this in silver). In the inner part of the cup I have used putty. I hope that my poor english is clear enough P.S. I think that the two vagues are silver, maybe a low grade silver Attached Images

22nd August 2008, 02:16 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Ooh, very nice work! Thats a huge improvement Flavio. Congratulations!

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katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Excellent..... Well done Flavio, could you explain how you did the restoration, I would be most interested. Kind regards David

22nd August 2008, 08:13 PM	#4
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Thanks Flavio, a nice idea to use jewellery... what is the 'new' disc made of ?

22nd August 2008, 09:13 PM	#5
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	David, do you mean the last and bigger disc of the handle? It is the original, made of ivory. Flavio

22nd August 2008, 09:31 PM	#7
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Yes David, it's because of the light, I'm not so able as photographer....