Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens 1st Edition by Howell Edwards 9783030809522 3030809528

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ISBN 10: 3030809528
ISBN 13: 9783030809522 
Author: Howell G M Edwards

The material for this book arose from the author’s research into porcelains over many years, as a collector in appreciation of their artistic beauty , as  an analytical chemist in the scientific interrogation of their body paste, enamel pigments and glaze compositions, and as a ceramic historian in the assessment of their manufactory foundations and their correlation with available documentation relating to their recipes and  formulations. A discussion of the role of analysis in the framework of a holistic assessment of artworks and specifically the composition of porcelain, namely  hard paste, soft paste, phosphatic, bone china and magnesian, is followed by its growth from its beginnings in China to its importation into Europe in the 16th Century. A survey of European porcelain manufactories in the 17th and 18th Centuries is followed by a description of the raw materials, minerals and recipes for porcelain manufacture and details of thechemistry of the high temperature firing processes involved therein. The historical backgrounds to several important European factories are considered, highlighting the imperfections in the written record that have been perpetuated through the ages. The analytical chemical information derived from the interrogation of specimens, from fragments, shards or perfect finished items, is reviewed and operational protocols established for the identification of a factory output from the data presented. Several case studies are examined in detail across several porcelain manufactories to indicate the role adopted by modern analytical science, with information provided at the quantitative elemental oxide and qualitative molecular spectroscopic levels, where applicable. The attribution of a specimen to a particular factory is either supported thereby or in some cases a potential reassessment of an earlier attribution is indicated. Overall, the information provided by analytical chemical data is seen to be extremely useful for porcelain identification and for its potential attribution in the context of a holistic forensic evaluation of hitherto unknown porcelain exemplars of questionable factory origins.

Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens 1st Edition Table of contents:

Front Matter

1. Introduction

2. Chinese Porcelains and their Early European Competitors

3. Establishing the Historical Baseline Chronology for European Porcelains

4. Types of Porcelain and Their Elemental Oxide Compositions

5. Analytical Science and Case Studies of Porcelains

6. Case Studies I. Analytical Data Which Have Materially Contributed Towards the Factory Attribution of Porcelain Specimens

7. Case Studies II: Analytical Data Which Have Revealed that Significant Revision Is Required to the Perceived Historical Knowledge of Porcelain Factories (Part A)

8. Case Studies III: Analytical Data Which Have Revealed That a Significant Revision Is Required to the Historical Knowledge of Porcelain Manufactories (Part B)

9. Challenges for Analytical Science (Case Studies IV)

10. A Forensic Holistic Conundrum – An Ongoing Controversy

11. The Answer Lies in the Glaze!

12. Assessment of the Role of Chemical Analysis in the Holistic Attribution of Porcelains to Factor

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