Re: Ink on Leather

["Karin Von Lerber, Prevart GmbH" <karin.vonlerber@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hy Kathleen,
sometimes, taking a digital image under IR / UV light helps in such cases. In comparing the various images and in combination with e.g. contrast enhancement by photoshop even inks looking the same can be differenciated, and in your case, might make the one more legible.

Good luck,
Karin von Lerber

Kathleen Daly schrieb:

I would like to know if anyone has tried removing ink from leather. I have an inscription on a leather waistband that has been written in ink and then scribbled out in very similar, if not the same, ink. I would like to know how I can go about deciphering the inscription. Can anyone help? The object dates from the early to mid-nineteenth century.

 

Thank you,

Kathleen Daly

 

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