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0101 Handle with care: conserving Beirut's shattered glass

The British Museum Membercast

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The Ashutoshina Salup Bomb

Claire Krioger is an objects conservator, specializing in glass and ceramics. She worked at the British Museum for the Bay Route Glass Project. The Ashutoshina Salup had to come on the same clear as a class of 2,000-year-old glass. It's not brittle or prone to breaking with it's intrinsic nature but some things get tougher with age.

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