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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9804358, member: 4654"]I haven't fully finished yet but I thought I'd share the story thus far. After winning this box on ebay (see thread <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/ebay-returns-question.84912/page-3" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/ebay-returns-question.84912/page-3">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/ebay-returns-question.84912/page-3</a> ) I phoned a Boulle restorer to find out how much it would cost to restore, he said it would cost £1500 minimum and unless it dates to before 1799 it wouldn't be worth doing. Needless to say I didn't want to pay that sort of money so I decided to give it a go myself. I started by gluing down any loose bits of brass, then sanding flat all the proud brass (400 grit) because the tortoise shell had shrunk below the brass, then I used pumice powder to polish, then I used French polish to seal. The photos don't look as good as it is in the flesh. I'm yet to fill the missing tortoise shell and 1 bit of brass to glue back in, I had to cut the lock tabs that slightly damaged the lock but I'm happy with how it's gone so far. I added the wall for anyone missing it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH=full]487061[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487064[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487065[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487066[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487067[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487069[/ATTACH] far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9804358, member: 4654"]I haven't fully finished yet but I thought I'd share the story thus far. After winning this box on ebay (see thread [URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/ebay-returns-question.84912/page-3[/URL] ) I phoned a Boulle restorer to find out how much it would cost to restore, he said it would cost £1500 minimum and unless it dates to before 1799 it wouldn't be worth doing. Needless to say I didn't want to pay that sort of money so I decided to give it a go myself. I started by gluing down any loose bits of brass, then sanding flat all the proud brass (400 grit) because the tortoise shell had shrunk below the brass, then I used pumice powder to polish, then I used French polish to seal. The photos don't look as good as it is in the flesh. I'm yet to fill the missing tortoise shell and 1 bit of brass to glue back in, I had to cut the lock tabs that slightly damaged the lock but I'm happy with how it's gone so far. I added the wall for anyone missing it :) [ATTACH=full]487061[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487063[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487064[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487065[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487066[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487067[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487069[/ATTACH] far.[/QUOTE]
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