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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 9426040, member: 51"]Glad you posted that link, Fig. I was thinking the exact thing. We just had a thread on a similar piece!</p><p><br /></p><p>Kylie, I'm with Dessert58, I would be a bit hesitant to clean as it looks reasonably good. Hard to tell from the photos, but I think sometimes the legs of these Pietra Dura bugs were painted on. It looks like yours has some carving to the legs, but possible there might have originally been some paint there. You don't want to accidentally remove any paint if there is any left if you were to clean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Spectacular find! Congratulations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 9426040, member: 51"]Glad you posted that link, Fig. I was thinking the exact thing. We just had a thread on a similar piece! Kylie, I'm with Dessert58, I would be a bit hesitant to clean as it looks reasonably good. Hard to tell from the photos, but I think sometimes the legs of these Pietra Dura bugs were painted on. It looks like yours has some carving to the legs, but possible there might have originally been some paint there. You don't want to accidentally remove any paint if there is any left if you were to clean. Spectacular find! Congratulations.[/QUOTE]
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