You might also care to look at our website - we have an on-line factsheet about marking and labelling:- http://www.open.gov.uk/mdocassn/labels.htm We also do a video, but is in a European only format at the moment, though if people are interested we might be able to do a conversion and make copies available for sale ... David In article <l03010d04af7e9b9cccfa@[166.84.195.200]>, Suzanne Quigley <[log in to unmask]> writes >I wouldn't use it, without a conservators blessing, but a white band >painted on a bronze might be aesthetically inappropriate. A similar sized >band of clear soluvar (synthetic varnish) with a number painted discretely >in red acrylic paint and then covered with another layer of clear soluvar >would be preferrable in that it is certainly reversable without damage to >the bronze (using the appropriate solvent) and it does not draw much >attention to itself. > >I would suggest further that the workshop on number marking (Friday at >AAM), will be the definitive workshop on the subject. > > >Suzanne > >************ >Suzanne Quigley >Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions >Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum >1071 Fifth Avenue >New York, NY 10128 >212 423 3568 >fax: 212 423 3650 >email: [log in to unmask] David Dawson email: [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - Outreach Manager, Museum Documentation Association 67 Spring Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5NN : telephone 01608 645576 - - - NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR MAIN OFFICE - - - MDA, Jupiter House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JD Tel: (+44) 1223 315760 Fax: (+44) 1223 362521 - - - - SEE OUR WEB PAGES - http://www.open.gov.uk/mdocassn/index.htm - - - - -