Identification expertise of cultural values and antiques

The analysis of services for the assessment of jewelry products indicates a steady growth of art and antiques in the operations of assessment, in particular identification, expert, value.

Cultural values, in particular antiques and archaeological finds, are very specific objects of identification, since they have a number of properties that distinguish them from modern products. In particular, for the identification of cultural values, the expert must refer to historical sources, the information base of the results of identification studies of similar objects of the corresponding historical period. In addition to the skills of art history expertise, the expert must have knowledge of the antiques and art market.

Therefore, the identification of antiques is a special type of expert activity based on art history, historical and research work. So, in the general case, the identification examination of antiques is a methodological knowledge of identification objects, their physical form and aesthetic-historical content for belonging to a group of similar objects.

Identification expertise is carried out by accumulating data about an object in relation to a group of similar objects in type, style and content (time of creation, author, etc.). The data obtained are analyzed, compared with the features identified on other typical subjects, and on the basis of this, a final conclusion is made about the belonging of the subject, which represents a professional assessment of the revealed facts. This identification score may change in the process of revealing new facts obtained during the work on the identification object.

Therefore, the scientific substantiation of the theoretical basis for the practical determination of the main identification features of jewelry and methods of their assessment is fundamentally important for the identification examination.

So, the main purpose of the identification examination is to provide independent and objective information about the classification and nomenclature definition for calculating the assessed value of cultural property. The main tasks of practical identification expertise are solved during a comprehensive study, including the following methods: formal stylistic analysis, historical and art analysis, technical and technological analysis. That is, the problem of identifying jewelry must be solved from the standpoint of its content and complexity.