10-03-2012, 04:18 AM
Thanks for the replies 
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@Brian: I am very interested in the article by Morel and Bosman, since I live in Velsen where the plates were found, but I can`t find an online version anywhere. Could you send me a digital version of the article, please?
How did you get that belt plate btw? Did you find it yourself as detectorist, or did you buy it, or something else?
@mike: I understand that no belt plates with both niëllo and silvering has ever been found which means that it is unlikely that they occured so it is not authentic to make a silvered replica with niëllo. That is a pity since the contrast between niëllo and silver is beautiful and especially because silver provides a much more durable protective layer than tin does.
Some months ago I have done some experiments to find out how the Romans tinned and niëlloed the same object and I can say that it turned out to be very easy. I got a very nice result without difficulties. The only thing you have to do, is to completely reconsider your knowledge about niëllo. In the near future - let say within a few months - I want to experiment with some organic fluxes which are more authentic to make my working method completely plausible.
.@Brian: I am very interested in the article by Morel and Bosman, since I live in Velsen where the plates were found, but I can`t find an online version anywhere. Could you send me a digital version of the article, please?
How did you get that belt plate btw? Did you find it yourself as detectorist, or did you buy it, or something else?
@mike: I understand that no belt plates with both niëllo and silvering has ever been found which means that it is unlikely that they occured so it is not authentic to make a silvered replica with niëllo. That is a pity since the contrast between niëllo and silver is beautiful and especially because silver provides a much more durable protective layer than tin does.
Quote:I had an interesting conversation with Nodge Nolan only the other day about the technical difficulties of both tinning and nielloing the same object
Some months ago I have done some experiments to find out how the Romans tinned and niëlloed the same object and I can say that it turned out to be very easy. I got a very nice result without difficulties. The only thing you have to do, is to completely reconsider your knowledge about niëllo. In the near future - let say within a few months - I want to experiment with some organic fluxes which are more authentic to make my working method completely plausible.
(aka Niels)
