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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 907129, member: 5833"]I have a beautiful intaglio I bought thinking it was glass because the setting, while pretty, was such blackened base metal. Intaglio turned out to be stone in an inexpensive mount. Was surprised at how much the application of a sunshine cloth with a lot of elbow grease brightened up the frame & restored much of it to its original gold appearance, although not in the crevices. It has gradually been darkening again; will have to try further cleaning like the 'windex' treatment that would not have occurred to me. At least I don't have to worry about harming the stone. Good tip to know![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 907129, member: 5833"]I have a beautiful intaglio I bought thinking it was glass because the setting, while pretty, was such blackened base metal. Intaglio turned out to be stone in an inexpensive mount. Was surprised at how much the application of a sunshine cloth with a lot of elbow grease brightened up the frame & restored much of it to its original gold appearance, although not in the crevices. It has gradually been darkening again; will have to try further cleaning like the 'windex' treatment that would not have occurred to me. At least I don't have to worry about harming the stone. Good tip to know![/QUOTE]
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