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Historical Ceramics

Historical Ceramics. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/photoout1.asp?id=3. http://travelphotobase.com/v/USFL/FLAH15.HTM. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/photoout1.asp?id=95. -- The Categories on the FLNMH website are for the most part ceramic wares. -- Each ware has several types.

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Historical Ceramics

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  1. Historical Ceramics http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/photoout1.asp?id=3 http://travelphotobase.com/v/USFL/FLAH15.HTM http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/photoout1.asp?id=95

  2. -- The Categories on the FLNMH website are for the most part ceramic wares.-- Each ware has several types. • REALLY USEFUL WEBSITES • http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/histarch/gallery_types/ceramics_intro.asp • http://www.anthro.utah.edu/IMACs/473-Ceramics.pdf

  3. Most types of historic ceramics are classified according to three primary attributes: 1) Paste : the characteristics of the clay from which the vessel is made. 2) Surface Treatment : the way the surface of the vessel is treated, covered or glazed. 3) Decoration : the methods, colors and motifs used to decorate the vessel.

  4. Coarse Earthenware • Fired at temperatures of 900-1200° C • Soft, porous, non compact paste • Often contains tempering material • Colors range widely from cream through dark red • Can have a wide variety of surface treatments.

  5. Slipware • Reddish to tan coarse earthenware paste. • Surface is slipped and then covered in a lead glaze.

  6. Refined earthenware • Fired at temperatures of 1100-1200° C • Hard and compact paste, compaction texture may be visible. • Thin and cream to white in color, slightly porous. • Usually lead-glazed. Specific Refined Earthenware Categories • Pearlware and Creamware • Majolica, Delft, and Faience

  7. Creamware and Pearlware • White to off white medium hard but chalky paste. • Lead glazes. • Creamware glaze pools yellow and greenish. • Pearlware glaze pools blue.

  8. Majolica, Delftware, Faience • Tin glazed enamel is thick and on both sides. • Off white, pale peach, pink, buff paste. • White, opaque enamel. • Majolica…..well bonded glaze, often soft paste. • Delftware….glaze is poorly bonded, chalky paste. • Faience….hard, cream to salmon colored paste.

  9. Stoneware • Fired at temperatures of 1200-1350° C. • Very hard and very compact (but not vitreous). • Non-porous, granite-like in texture, usually grey in color. • Usually salt-glazed.

  10. Porcelain • Fired at temperatures of 1300-1450° C. • Very hard, compact and vitreous. • White to bluish-white in color. • Sometimes lead-glazed.

  11. Surface Treatments • Glazing - Lead glaze (AKA low-fired glaze) - Tin enamel glaze - Salt glaze • Feldspar glaze • Smoothing or scraping • Polishing and burnishing • Painting and pigmentation • Slip decorating

  12. Decoration • Decoration includes specific design motifs, colors and iconographic elements.

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