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Metal Count
Cu 11
Ag 3
Fe 3
Al 2
Zn 2
Corrosion Form Count
Multiform 3
Passive 3
Multiform (warty - uniform) - pitting 2
Uniform - intergranular 2
Unspecified 2
Internal cracking 1
Multiform - intergranular 1
Multiform - pitting 1
Other 1
Pitting 1
Uniform - selective 1
Uniform - transgranular 1
Unknown 1
intergranular surface corrosion 1
Environment Count
Unknown 7
Soil 6
Outdoor to indoor atmosphere 4
Indoor atmosphere 3
Outdoor atmosphere 1

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Metal Family Alloy Object type Object name Origin Chronology Technology Artefact location
Al Al Alloy Aeroplane part Aircraft rear fastening plate VHS-497 Dufaux IV aeroplane Modern Times Hot rolled and annealed Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern, Lucerne
Al Al Cu Sn Zn Si Alloy Aeroplane part Aircraft front fastening plate VHS-497 (2) Dufaux IV aeroplane Modern Times As-cast Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern, Lucerne
Fe Fe Alloy Furniture element Undetermined Las Cravieros, Fanjeaux, France Early medieval times Las Cravieros, Fanjeaux (Favennec Benoît), Languedoc-Roussillon
Fe Fe Alloy Painting Double-sided oil painting on iron plate with hangers Unknown Second half of 19th century Unknown National museum of Slovenia (NMS), Ljubljana
Fe Grey cast iron Supporting structure Fragment of the support structure of an engine VHS-404 Flush-desk side-wheel paddle steamer SS Rigi Modern Times As-cast Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern, Lucerne
Cu Cu/Ag, with surface enrichment (Ag) Funeral mask Funeral mask IVc 11595 Peru, north coast Unknown Hammered and annealed, surface depletion Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Cu Cu Alloy Sacrificial knife (tumi in vernacular language) Sacrificial knife (tumi) IVc 23683 Peru Unknown Cast and cold worked Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Cu Bronze Cup Jar/cup FO-Nr. 71064.2.3 Castaneda, Grisons, Switzerland Late Iron Age Hammered, turned and final cold work Archaeological Service of the Canton of Grisons, Grisons
Cu Gilded brass Votive figure Votive figure of a bat IVb4168 Costa Rica Modern Times Cast, gilding (electroplating?) Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Cu Leaded Bronze Jewellery Bracelet with dragonflies IIb 4025.01 Thailand, Udon Thani, Siam, Nong Han, Ban Chiang archaeological site Late Bronze Age Cast and cold worked Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Cu Leaded Bronze Harnessing part / tool Headrest or horse bit VFig 2003.7 Luristan (?) Modern Times Cast and cold worked (with final annealing?) Bible & Orient Museum, Fribourg, Fribourg
Cu Leaded Bronze sculpture Fragment of an Aegis of Neïth 1886.305.0096 ancient Egypt As-cast, engraving, (glass?) inlay, gilding with gold foil. Bernisches Historisches Museum (BHM), Bern, Bern
Cu Leaded Bronze Votive figure Figurine of Egyptian God Bes 1 - ÆIN 223 Archaeological, ancient Egypt, exact provenance unknown 3rd Intermediate Period to Late Period Cast Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Hast Rebecca), Copenhagen
Cu Tin Bronze Tool Axe head N11 Unknown Bronze Age Unknown Neues Museum, Biel/Bienne
Cu Cu Zn Ni coin Portuguese Coin - 1 Escudo - 1962 Lisboa, Portugal Modern Times Unknown Cordeiro Lopes Catarina, Porto
Zn Zn Alloy Submarine part Sacrificial anode VHS-8339 Submarine “Mesoscaph” from Auguste Piccard Modern Times Cast and annealed Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern, Lucerne
Zn Zn Al Sn Cu Alloy Horological object Armature from a clock movement MIH IV-212 Wooden wall clock Modern Times As-cast International museum of horology (IMH), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel
Ag Ag alloy Vessel Anthropomorphic vase Unknown Roman Times Annealed after cold working Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de la Neuveville, La Neuveville, Bern
Ag Ag alloy Religious goldsmithing Gilded silver plates of the Great Shrine of st Maurice Northern continental Europe High medieval times Hammered, annealed, repoussé, gilded and cold worked Abbaye de St-Maurice (Jeanneret Romain), Saint-Maurice, Valais
Ag Ag alloy Religious goldsmithing Settings of the Great Shrine of saint Maurice Northern continental Europe High medieval times Hammered, wire twisted, annealed and welded Abbey of St Maurice, Saint-Maurice, Valais