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Triton Blowing a Conch Shell

Metals

From underwater discoveries to imaging objects and silver alloys. In the Metal conservation workshop our conservators are researching objects made of all kinds of metal, with a focus on silver and copper.

Imaging objects

Nondestructive investigation of metal objects with neutron tomography and gamma spectroscopy

Kuvera (Jambhala) Kuvera (Jambhala)

Van Laers Wegwyzer

Research into 18th-century silversmithing practices

Underwater Discoveries

Conservation and analysis of metal objects recovered from the wrecks of the VOC (Dutch East India Company)

Kistfragment met baren zilver uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Slot ter Hooghe Kistfragment met baren zilver uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Slot ter Hooghe

Silver Alloy

An insight into the composition of Dutch silver down the centuries

Zilveralliage X-Ray Zilveralliage X-Ray

Silver Marks

A database and automated recognition system for Dutch silver marks

Biography of the Hartog Plate

Dirck Hartogh dish Dirck Hartogh dish

Renaissance jewellery

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Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

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