There's a photo of the infestation of the Alnwick sword by a celebrity's chlorides here. Perhaps the BM's conservators have been consulted and are of the opinion that, unlike the rest of us, film-stars contain no chlorides and that handling of corroded iron in that state out in the open air like that is not endangering it in any way...
A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Friday, 18 October 2013
BST2: Silence from tekkies?
There's a photo of the infestation of the Alnwick sword by a celebrity's chlorides here. Perhaps the BM's conservators have been consulted and are of the opinion that, unlike the rest of us, film-stars contain no chlorides and that handling of corroded iron in that state out in the open air like that is not endangering it in any way...
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