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Posted by Caroline
on 27/8/2009, 9:21 am, in reply to "Restoration"
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Dear Cherry
I apologise for the delay in approving your posting, but I have been away. I cannot tell where you live. Please can you reply to me at caroline.hayes@btconnect.com
Thanks, Caroline Hayes
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: Recently come into my posession is a miniature
: portrait which appears to be watercolour on
: natural wafer, apparently of some age. The
: sitter is a handsome mature lady in very
: accurately portrayed late Georgian/early
: Victorian dress, with hair and jewellery
: equally appropriate to the period. While
: the face, hair and shoulders are in good
: condition, there is some white spotting to
: the head-dress and the surrounding areas, as
: though condensation had got into the frame -
: which is missing - and damaged the paint.
: There's also an 8mm vertical split to the
: bottom edge and a 5x25 mm sliver missing
: from the top right corner, neither of which
: is too detremental to the image. All this
: said, she's far too lovely to discard, and
: I've grown fond of her. Is she worth
: restoring, and if so, how do I go about
: finding a suitably qualified restorer? I
: should hate to spend a small fortune to have
: her spoiled by too heavy a hand. Please,
: HELP!
:
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