Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jul 27, 2010
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Wiltshire Wills Project ,
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre ,
wills ,
will ,
storage ,
probate papers ,
preserving ,
preservation ,
material ,
John Smith’s ,
John Smith ,
Heritage Lottery ,
half a million ,
funded ,
documents ,
distinction ,
digitising ,
conserving ,
cleaning ,
Archive Conservation ,
17th century ,
1000th
Recently the rather unprepossessing 17th century will of John Smith (P1/S/644), gained the distinction of becoming the 1000th will to be conserved as part of the Heritage Lottery funded Wiltshire Wills Project.
The Will of John Smith
This project is digitising, conserving and preserving the 100,000 plus wills and probate papers (an estimated half a million individual documents) held at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre. To find out more, please 'read more'.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Nov 24, 2009
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x-ray ,
Tytherton Lucus ,
trailed decoration ,
surface ,
soil ,
Sebastian Foxley ,
pottery ,
Objects conservator ,
mystery object ,
late 14th or early 15th century ,
iron slag ,
iron ,
identity ,
ideas ,
hollow inside ,
ditch ,
corrosion ,
copper ,
conservation ,
cleaning ,
circular ,
Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre
Objects conservator Sebastian Foxley has recently been working on a mystery object from Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre.
Object before cleaning
The object was received completely obscured by corrosion and soil but an x-ray revealed that it is circular and has a trailed decoration on the top surface. It is hollow inside and initial cleaning also showed that the object is made from iron and copper. Please 'read more' to see the object at the end of the cleaning process.....
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Sep 10, 2009
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work placement ,
Wiltshire museums ,
Volunteer ,
Victorian jigsaw ,
Tunbridge Wells Museum. ,
student ,
stores ,
stabilising ,
seed fiddle ,
repairing ceramic goblets ,
re-packing ,
Purton Museum ,
pony harness ,
Objects Conservation ,
monitor environment ,
Mere Museum ,
Market Lavington Museum ,
Labs ,
Jo Launchbury ,
galleries ,
external clients ,
Conservators ,
Conservation Service ,
cleaning ,
Cardiff University ,
baby’s gas mask ,
Amanda
The Objects Conservation team regularly have volunteers working alongside staff in the labs who carry out valuable work for Wiltshire museums and external clients. At the moment we have two volunteers with us, working three days per week.
Jo Launchbury is a student at Cardiff University and originally came to work with the Objects team on a work placement as part of her degree course. She has since come back as a volunteer until she returns to university.
Joe working on the seed fiddle
Jo has worked on a number of projects during her time with the Conservation Service, including repairing two ceramic goblets, cleaning and re-packing a pony harness from Market Lavington Museum and cleaning and repairing a seed fiddle from Mere Museum. She has also visited a number of Wiltshire museums with the conservators, taking readings to monitor the environment in stores and galleries.
Amanda Wilkinson has just graduated from Cardiff University and is currently working with us for three days per week in order to gain work experience. Read on to find out more....
Amanda in the process of repairing the jigsaw
