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Technical Investigation of an Hispano-Moresque Lustered Deep Dish in the Walters Art Gallery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

I. M. Baker
I. M. Baker*
Affiliation:
The Brooklyn Museum, Department of Conservation, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to characterize the materials and methods of manufacture of a lead-tin and luster glazed earthenware deep dish formerly in the collection of William Randolph Hearst and currently at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD. A number of analytical techniques were employed in order the evaluate the authenticity of the piece: stereomicroscopy. Xeroradiography. polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS), thermoluminescence analysis (TL). and neutron activation analysis (NAA). The research results support stylistic evidence in affirming that the object is a 16th century Valencian product.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 681
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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