Saving Your Treasures: Dishes, Glassware, and Silverware
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 inMuseum Collections |
 Plastics:Chemistry |
 Plastics: Properties& Technology |
 Plastics:History |
 Plastics:Deterioration |
Plastics:TYPES OF OBJECTS