Packaging and Mount of Roman Glass Bowl
Date: Late Roman Era
Dimensions: L: 300mm W: 300mm D: 55mm
Materials: Glass
Acrylic Mount
A temporary mount was created for reinforcement during treatment to support some of the weight on joins around the base and to stabilise the rim. This included the use of a shallow archival cardboard material type box filled with Kinetic sand material type moulded to nest the shape of the object.
A mount for the object was constructed from Lumex modified polyethylene terephthalate. Initially, a plaster mould of the object was cast using the impression in the kinetic sand of the temporary mount. The Lumex was then thermoset around the mould. This mould was then cut around the edges to obtain a clean finish.
Packaging
Final packaging for the glass consisted of a box composed of archival board. An ethafoam base with additional padding (covered in Tyvek) was fashioned.
To ensure safe unpacking and removal from its storage in the future, a hammock with handles was composed of Tyvek and cotton tape to rest on top of the pillow insert.
With the bowl and Lumex mount sitting in the hammock, the piece can be seamlessly lifted from the container without unnecessary lifting or unpacking which could damage the object.
