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Carter No.: 273

Handlist description: Model boat

Card/Transcription No.: 273-4


273. Boat Lucas' Notes. 

Painted Colours :- White, Blue, Green, Canary Yellow, Brownish Yellow Red & Black. No varnish Disfigured by fungus growths, now dead and dry, chiefly on the brownish-yellow and white - none on the canary yellow and practically none on the blue, green red & black. Treatment Brushed with dry brush Cleaned with benzine and soft brush Consolidated string of steering paddles with Duroprene Consolidated paint with celluloid solution.

Blue Pigment: Analysed specimen is artificial frit.

Card no. 273-4 relating to Carter no. 273
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