Where there's muck... there's silver gilt!

During the low season we take the opportunity to do our annual "winter clean". Each room is checked and cleaned from top to bottom using special conservation techniques.


Before and After!

 
The Mansion team have just started working on Tatton's fabulous silver gilt collection.

Tarnish from the silver underneath had come through the fine gilded layer on a number of items, taking away their gleam. Under the direction of our Regional Conservator from the National Trust the team removed tarnish very gently using cotton swabs and silver dip.

The results were quite startling!

See our before and after photograph of a Paul Storr candleabra. Storr was a nineteenth century English silversmith.

Karan Knowles, Operations Supervisor