On‐Site Identification of Early Böttger Red Stoneware Using Portable XRF/Raman Instruments: 2, Glaze & Gilding Analysis. Issue 10 (1st July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Simsek, Gulsu; Colomban, Philippe; Casadio, Francesca; Bellot‐Gurlet, Ludovic; Zelleke, Ghenete; Faber, Katherine T.; Milande, Véronique; Tilliard, Laurence
• Is Part Of: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Volume 98:Issue 10(2015)
• Page Start: 3006
• Page End: 3013
• Publication Date: 2015-07-01
• Subjects: Ceramics -- Periodicals; 620.1405
• DOI: 10.1111/jace.13720
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7820

Abstract

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.