Okay I have found some threads dealing with methods of sealing the labels to historically valuable finishing stones.
My question is for the purposes of preserving the legacy what is the preferred method? Should the label be permanently sealed to the stone? would it be better to preserve the label separately like a document? Should it be sealed to the original box?
I would like to think years from now someone will pick up this stone and smile to see it is a piece of history and it was not ruined by my handling.
I don't want to be the one on Antiques Roadshow slapping my forehead for "cleaning and painting" the old chest of drawers.