Characterization of blue decorated Renaissance pottery fragments from Caltagirone (Sicily, Italy)

Barilaro, D.; Crupi, V.; Interdonato, S.; Majolino, D.; Venuti, Valentina; Barone, Germana; Russa, Mauro Francesco La; Bardelli, Fabrizio

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“…34,38 In the case of LIM1, the Co-O bond distances are slightly bigger, but still comparable to the reported results. 39 This increase could be also due to a higher contribution of Co 2+ ions in octahedral sites (nominally larger than those in tetrahedral sites) that would be higher in the Hispano-Moorish LIM1 than in the Italian L19 sample.…”

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A comparative study of Hispano-Moorish and Italian Renaissance lustred majolicas by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Rodríguez

Fermo

Olivi

et al. 2015

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

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Lustre is characterized by a few hundreds of nanometers thick heterogeneous metal-glassy nanocomposite film. Silver and copper nanoparticles are dispersed within the outermost layers of the glaze, conferring peculiar optical properties to the whole material. Even though numerous studies have been carried out, many questions regarding the chemical composition, the mechanism of metal reduction and the optical properties of lustre still remain. Synchrotron radiation techniques are suitable for detailed studies on metal-glassy nano-composites. For example, X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) can provide useful information on oxidized phases or atomic clusters dispersed in an amorphous medium, otherwise not achievable with diffraction techniques. In this work, we try to get information on the chemical state and local environment of metal atoms in the lustre and in the blue pigment, in order to achieve a better understanding of the reduction mechanism of different metals present and the manufacturing techniques related to different productions (Hispano-Moorish and Italian Renaissance lustred majolicas). In particular, different samples characterized by lustre and blue decorations only, produced in Spain and in central Italy in XIV-XV cent., are compared.

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A comparative study of Hispano-Moorish and Italian Renaissance lustred majolicas by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Rodríguez

Fermo

Olivi

et al. 2015

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

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“…48 In the 16th century Aragonese ceramic workshops modified the way to decorate white opacified glazes with blue designs and the pigments were applied on the glaze. This type of decorating tin-opacified glazes appears as a general feature of Iberian and Italian majolica since the 16th century, [6][7][8][9]30,31,[39][40][41][42][43][44][45] although there are some differences in the blue pigment used. The previously stated fact that As content in blue pigments increases since the 16th century AD in the Aragonese pottery, like in other Iberian centres, 13,27,30,39 is also present in Italian majolica.…”

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“…[4][5][6][7][8]14,16,31,[39][40][41][42][43] The glaze elemental composition used in every production centre is expected to depend on raw materials and workshop recipes, however, in blue-decorated ceramics from Teruel tin-opacified glazes were produced using high content of lead (25-35% PbO), the type called lead-alkali glaze, 23 like all the Iberian production and Italian majolica. [4][5][6][7][8][9]15,16,22,24,30,31,[39][40][41][42][43][44][45] About the use of the blue pigment, Teruel workshops utilised a cobalt pigment characterised by the association Co-Cu-Fe-Ni in the 15th century until the first half of 16th century. This feature also appears in Valencia ceramics produced during the 14th and 15th centuries.…”

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“…Since the Middle Age, through the influence of the Islamic culture that introduced the manufacture of tin-glazed ceramics, cobalt-blue-decorated ceramics have been produced in several places in Europe and their beautiful colour has always attracted people's attention. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In the Iberian Peninsula, blue-decorated tin-glazed ceramics have been produced, at least, since the 14th century AD. 5 Some workshops in Aragon (Fig.…”

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Materials and technological evolution of ancient cobalt-blue-decorated ceramics: Pigments and work patterns in tin-glazed objects from Aragon (Spain) from the 15th to the 18th century AD

Pérez-Arantegui

Montull

Resano

et al. 2009

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

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“…Pottery production in the area has proceeded without interruption from the Neolithic to the present day (Ragona, 1949(Ragona, , 1955(Ragona, , 1985Leinghton, 1983;Maniscalco, 1999;. Several research projects have systematically analyzed Caltagirone ceramic production through full non-destructive characterization of both bulk and decorated coating (Barilaro, et al, , 2007(Barilaro, et al, , 2008Casaletto, Chiozzini, De Caro & Ingo, 2006;Crupi, et al, 2010).…”

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Investigation by pXRF of Caltagirone Pottery Samples Produced in Laboratory

Gueli¹,

Delfino²,

Nicastro³

et al. 2017

Open Archaeology

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Abstract:In the study of archaeological ceramics, it is important to have compositional data to identify their origin and source. The fabric also provides useful information on the production technology, especially with regard to the firing steps. The work presented here is connected to this field and focuses on the main parameters related to the terracotta artefacts preparation. Thus, one can consider the effects in terracotta characteristics of different raw materials and firing parameters, in particular for pottery of Caltagirone, which is one of most important centres of pottery production in Italy, active since the Neolithic. To this end, terracotta samples have been reproduced in a laboratory setting according to the ancient procedure of Caltagirone manufacture, starting from clay and degreaser extraction in local historical sites. The analysis was conducted using a portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer for elemental characterization of sand degreaser and of clays during each step of the realization process and in different firing conditions. SEM-ED techniques were also employed to verify the method and results for some of the samples after firing process. Framing the technological context of manufacture production, known in the specific case, it is also possible to identify potential outcomes and limits in the study of potsherds using pXRF technology, in applying the methodology to historic artefacts.

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Characterization of blue decorated Renaissance pottery fragments from Caltagirone (Sicily, Italy)

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A comparative study of Hispano-Moorish and Italian Renaissance lustred majolicas by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

A comparative study of Hispano-Moorish and Italian Renaissance lustred majolicas by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Materials and technological evolution of ancient cobalt-blue-decorated ceramics: Pigments and work patterns in tin-glazed objects from Aragon (Spain) from the 15th to the 18th century AD

Investigation by pXRF of Caltagirone Pottery Samples Produced in Laboratory

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