John,
It should be fine to handle glazed ceramics or glass with freshly
washed hands - you can clean up the surface with a clean cotton cloth
dampened with distilled water or isoprophyl alcohol. Bare hands on
earthenware or bisqueware would be more of a concern. Please note that
the plastic/rubber dotted cotton gloves can transfer that material to
surfaces and has been know to tarnish metals and gilding.
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
Cionservator
Los Angeles, California
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From: jmarks <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:02:48 -0400
Subject: Current philosophy on using gloves
Hello,
I've searched the archives and didn't find this topic: What's the
current philosophy on using cotton gloves for different materials? I
have a temporary assistant who was trained differently than I, and she
says you need to wear gloves for glazed ceramics because skin oils can
interact with the glaze (depending on type of glaze). I was trained
that you use gloves for metals, paper, fabric, leather, unglazed
ceramics and unfinished wood. Slippery artifacts - glass, glazed
ceramic, polished wood - and any object with condition problems
(flaking paint, raised veneer, brittle paper that could be torn by
gloves, etc.) are better handled without gloves (and with well-washed
hands). There are a number of exceptions, which I did see in the
archives, but is this still basically true? Does bare skin contact
affect glazed ceramics? I'd like some input before I pontificate about
"the right way" - maybe I've missed something.
Thanks,
John Marks
Curator of Collections
Geneva (NY) Historical Society
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