Caring for Your Metal Objects
How to care for your metal objects, from identifying the metals and other materials, spotting immitations, identifying common problems and how to clean them.
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Caring for your Copper, Brass, Bronze & Other Alloys
Caring for copper, brass, bronze and other alloys.
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Caring for your gold & ormolu
An overall set of basic guidelines for caring for your gold and ormulu. It carefully describes the difference between the two materials and how to care for each individuall…
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Caring for your iron & steel
An overall set of basic guidelines for caring for your iron and steel. It describes the difference between the two materials and how to care for each individually.
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Caring for your pewter & tinware
An overall set of basic guidelines for caring for your pewter and tinware. It describes the difference between the two materials and how to care for each individually.
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Caring for your lead, coins & medals
An overall basic outline for caring for your lead, coins and medals. It describes the difference between the materials and how to care for each individually.
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Caring for your Silver
An overall set of basic guidelines for caring for your silver. Includes a step-by-step guide to polising silver and how to care for silver gilt.
Read articleA gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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