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Page about restoration of Plateel
Some facts about restoration
And then suddenly you know again that you collect "fragile" items...
good advice is costly
The only thing you can do is carefully collect all the pieces, even the smallest splinters and wrap them in a piece of soft toilet or kitchen paper.
Place the smallest particles (chips) then in a plastic bag or something.
if you want to prevent loss of the fragments an therefore want to glue them together, then only use velpon or similar.
Each restorer can easily remove this type of glue again.
Never use construction or other adhesives!
These can namely permanently discolor porcelain and earthenware !
The search for a restorer (plural Restorers) can now begin.
(not of a restaurateur, because those running a restaurant) ...
We have put together a 20 - or so Restorers addresses on the following pages.
From their page you can send E-mails and even click to their website...
A serious attempt have been made to make it you as easy as possible.
Are there more Restorers than listed here ? Yes, sure. But we also do not know anyone.
To any request made to include further addresses you may provide, we will gladly comply
On placement of these addresses here, or not, is not a value judgment preceded by us..
And who is then the best ?
We are not going to answer that question for you.
Much depends on the damaged object and the appraised value thereof.
It should be clear that for instance a broken gingerpot of Rozenburg
do not call for a restorer who daily deals with museological work...
There are self-taught restorers and people who have studied for years
and have completed an internship at interesting institutes
Each with its own kitchen secrets. here they equals indeed restaurateurs.
We leave the choice of which restorer to take more than happy to yourself.
Some tidbits about restoration
It might be nice to know that due to the high bake temperatures (during manufacturing) of pottery tensions are built up in the material itself.
In case of a crack these tensions come free, in the practice it may happen that therefore a broken part no longer "fits"
By only "glue" and "elimination" of the crack another "bend" is then visible..
Restoration can go so far that this bend is also being sanded ... This naturally result in a greater part of a decoration to be repainted.
Glaze itself can't be restored. Instead, the restorer will spray a gloss lacquer on the object.
Glaze cracks (craquelure) which are normally "open" on the surface disappear therefore under this lacquer.
Also the repainted portions have of course no craquelure.
A restoration is therefore recognizable by these craquelure differences !
Thin porcelain - such as eggshell - can be hold against a bright light such as a halogen lamp...
Restorations thereof are then visible as dark areas.
Nowadays really unrestored pieces are rare. But let us be satisfied with that...
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