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Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain, in the Museum of Practical Geology (1893)

Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain) · London : Printed for H.M. Stationary Office, by Eyre and Spottiswood, sold only at the Museum · leaf 62

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According to M. Salvttat, whoanalysed the black glaze of some Greek pottery (Campanian), ithad the following composition :— Silica .-...- 4.63 Ahiruina - • - - . . . lir> Lime - • - - . - - 57 Miij^ncsia - - - ... i>-;? Soda ....... 171 Oxidoofiron - - - ... 107 1000 The (juuntity of soda in… … Fig. 6. Mux. The whole, iudeid, may have l)ecn artificial, l)ut whethernatural or artiticial, its use in painting on tliese vases iUustratosithe application of a <j^iaz;e to Greek pottery for ornamentaljnirposes. A small, but eliaracteristie series of specimens is exhibited inthe j;;hiss cases…

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