On-Site Identification of Early Böttger Red Stoneware Using Portable XRF/Raman Instruments: 2, Glaze & Gilding Analysis
Abstract
Twenty‐one glazed red stoneware objects, with gilded or gold‐painted decor from different collections (Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France; Art Institute of Chicago, USA; a private collection) attributed to 18th century Böttger, Meissen (Saxony) have been analyzed with a portable X‐ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) and portable or fixed Raman micro‐spectrometer in laboratory/museum/collector rooms. Analysis was aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the technology of production of the gilding and black glaze, to augment what is known from the limited literature. Three different techniques to obtain a golden décor emerged as a result of this study: (i) a true gilding with gold, (ii) gold with mercury, and (iii) an alloy of copper and zinc.
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© 2015 The American Ceramic Society. Manuscript No. 36354. Received February 10, 2015; approved May 22, 2015. Horiba‐Jobin Yvon is gratefully acknowledged for making the SuperHead available in the US. The authors thank Mr Eric Moinet Chief Curator, Head of Conservation Department, Mrs Virginie Desrante, and Stéphanie Brouillet, Curators (Département du Patrimoine et des Collections de la Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France) for help and useful discussions. This study was partly supported in the USA by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the Art Institute of Chicago‐Northwestern University Collaboration in Conservation Science and in France by the LabEx MiChem a French state fund managed by the ANR within the Investissements d'Avenir programme under reference ANR‐11‐IDEX‐0004‐02.Attached Files
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- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR)
- ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02
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