Saving Your Treasures: Dishes, Glassware, and Silverware
Saving Your Treasures
Types of Objects
DISHES, GLASSWARE, AND SILVERWARE
Dinnerware, glassware, and silverware collections are made from many materials: 
ceramics, glass, metals, wood, bone, leather, etc. These types of object are found throughout the world and throughout history. They are cared for by objects conservators.
The videos below and handouts and websites on the right will guide you in preserving your items. If you have any questions, ask a conservator.
Stone:
Origins & Properties
Stone: Fabrication & Technology
Stone:
Deterioration
Stone:
Preventative Care
Glass:
Origins & Properties
Glass: Fabrication & Technology
Glass:
Deterioration
Glass:
Preventative Care
Metals:
Origins & Properties
Metals: Fabrication & Technology
Metals:
Deterioration
Metals:
Preventative Care
Ceramics:
Origins & Properties
Ceramics: Fabrication & Technology
Ceramics:
Deterioration
Ceramics:
Preventative Care
Animal Materials:
Skin & Leather
Animal Materials:
Hair, Hooves, Etc.
Animal Materials:
Bones, Shells, Etc.
Animal Materials:
Deterioration
Animal Materials:
Preventative Care
Plastics in
Museum Collections
Plastics:
Chemistry
Plastics: Properties
& Technology
Plastics:
History
Plastics:
Deterioration
TYPES OF OBJECTS
Types of Objects
DISHES, GLASSWARE, AND SILVERWARE
Dinnerware, glassware, and silverware collections are made from many materials: ceramics, glass, metals, wood, bone, leather, etc. These types of object are found throughout the world and throughout history. They are cared for by objects conservators.
The videos below and handouts and websites on the right will guide you in preserving your items. If you have any questions, ask a conservator.
| Stone: Origins & Properties | Stone: Fabrication & Technology | Stone: Deterioration | Stone: Preventative Care |
| Glass: Origins & Properties | Glass: Fabrication & Technology | Glass: Deterioration | Glass: Preventative Care |
| Metals: Origins & Properties | Metals: Fabrication & Technology | Metals: Deterioration | Metals: Preventative Care |
| Ceramics: Origins & Properties | Ceramics: Fabrication & Technology | Ceramics: Deterioration | Ceramics: Preventative Care |
| Animal Materials: Skin & Leather | Animal Materials: Hair, Hooves, Etc. | Animal Materials: Bones, Shells, Etc. |
| Animal Materials: Deterioration | Animal Materials: Preventative Care |
| Plastics in Museum Collections | Plastics: Chemistry | Plastics: Properties & Technology |
| Plastics: History | Plastics: Deterioration |
Plastics:TYPES OF OBJECTS
