KAYLEIGH SPRING

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CHEMICAL RETORT

This earthenware chemical retort would have been used for the distillation of substances.


BEFORE TREATMENT

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The broken spout was re-attached using Paraloid B72.

A small section of lose was filled with Flugger and painted with acrylics.


AFTER TREATMENT

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