Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 354
itish earth, something liketartar, and of a calcareous nature; it dis-appears on the application of aqua fortis.This operation ought to be done with , ,. r .x_ 1,1 r -• 2000 YEARS OLD. great caution; lor though the aqua lortis does not injure the black varnish, it might destroy some of the other… … ;^^S DOMESTIC UTENSILS. many are found broken—these have been put together and re-stored with great skill. But this work of restoration, especiallyif the artist adds any details which are not visible on the original,might alter or metamorphose a subject, and the archaeologistought to set little…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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