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The pre-restoration Tsedakah boxes were chipped and the surface eroded. The silver escutcheon and nameplate were tarnished. The donation slots had been eroded from use over the years. To preserve the historic character of the slots, the…

Before restoration, the marble surface and incised letters were covered with oily soot from burning candles. This had attracted dust, which had also become affixed. The rosettes were heavily corroded. To restore the object, the surface was washed…

The candlesticks were disassembled during restoration in 2005-06. The parts show that
these were made in the Industrial Period; the parts were built around a central, threaded pipe similar to that used for electric lamps during the 20th century.

Before restoration, The oxidized background of the individual elements were chipped on one plate, and the highlights were unbalanced. The back-plate was overpolished. The black oxide patina was restored, and the backplate brought to a more uniform…

Before the 2005-06 restoration, The silver had been overcleaned, reducing the contrast between the letters and the polished face, and between the frame’s floral reliefs and their background. To restore, All the letters and floral reliefs were…

When Newmans Ltd. began the restoration in 2005, the bells were missing and the silver elements were oxidized. They removed the crown to facilitate cleaning.The thin gold plate, or wash, was masked whilehighlighting the silver, to avoid erosion. The…

"In a footnote in his diary, Vol. 1, page 6, Dr. Ezra Stiles [a noted diarist of Rhode Island and later president of Yale College] notes that he was told by Dr. Isaac Touro [first hazzan of Congregation Yeshuat Israel] that this scroll was presented…

Congregation Yeshuat Israel wrote (about 1760) to the Bevis Marks Congregation in London for donations to complete the synagogue. The congregation was unable to send funds, but later sent the two charity boxes (tzedakah boxes) which are affixed to…

These are good examples of the quality which can be achieved in casting decorative objects. Each candlestick is composed of fourteen parts which fit together like a precision puzzle. The structural issues we dealt with were only minor – refitting of…