Littlestone wrote:
The operative word in my previous post was 'unnecessarily'. When something has to be added to an object for reasons of conservation the addition should be apparent; if it isn't then the addition falls into the category of 'restoration' (or something even worse, as in the 1968 plaque at Silbury).
Ah. Semantics and stupid fuckers like me not using the right words. It all becomes clear now :-) 