Royal Hospital Chelsea

Royal Hospital Chelsea

Seven 18th Century Leather Ale Bombards

Treatment Received

• •Surface cleaning with a variable speed museum vacuum.
• •Further localised cleaning with conservation grade detergent, cotton swabs and blotting paper.
• •Mechanical stain removal to remove later wax and paint deposits.
• •Specialist conservation grade adhesive consolidant applied with a brush to areas of flaking.
• •Coloured Japanese tissue supports applied using conservation grade adhesives.