Another Cleaning Day

It was a rainy day, and thus the perfect time to clean artifacts for an event we are planning. Some of the artifacts above were cleaned with soap and water, some with water only, and some were cleaned gently with a dry toothbrush. In the photo above you can see pottery, glass, bottles, eyeglass lenses, pipe stems, a comb, fancy glass, a teacup, and some decorative metal objects we think may have been part of a doorknob. The buckle is there too, but I didn't clean it; I just moved it into a new container.

Below you can see some of our fancy glass. Some of these pieces could be cleaned very easily; others had to be cleaned more carefully (or not at all) because the dirt was keeping the design in place.