Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 350
s, they are covered witha coating of whitish earth, something liketartar, and of a calcareous nature; it dis-appears on the application of aqua fortis.This operation ought to be done withgreat caution; for though the aqua fortisdoes not injure the black varnish, it might destrov some of theother… … 2000 YEARS OLD. 338 DOMESTIC UTENSILS. many are found broken—these have been put together and re-stored with great skill. But this work of i-estoration, especiallyif the artist adds any details which are not visible on the original,mio-ht alter or metamorphose a subject, and the archaeologistought…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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