Card/Transcription No.: 469-2

469 Silver vase

Pomegranate shape.
The vase had been bound round the neck with rush-work. This was
partly missing and much disintegrated and was removed in order to
clean the vase.
A small rushwork lid was found loose inside the vase.
One of the triangular pieces of metal from the top was broken off
and found inside the vase, several others were bent.
A large number of the chitinous skeletons of small dead beetles
were embedded in the remains of a dark brown material inside the
vase. It was not found possible to identify the material.
The metal contains a considerable proportion of gold and might be
considered as either silver or electrum
Treatment:
Inside: cleaned with hot water
Outside: cleaned with ammonia and warm water
(The black coloration on the surface when found was chloride of
silver.)