Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens (Hardcover)

Chapter 1: Introduction - Setting the Scene: Analytical Data and Connoisseurship for Attribution in Art.- Chapter 2 . Chinese Porcelains and Their Early European Competitors.- Chapter 3. Establishing the Historical Baseline Chronology for European Porcelains.- Chapter 4. Types of Porcelain and Their Elemental Oxide Compositions.- Chapter 5 . Analytical Science and Case Studies.- Chapter 6 . Case Studies I : Analytical Data Which Have  Materially Contributed to the Attribution of Porcelain Specimens.- Chapter 7 .Case Studies II : Analytical Data Which Have Revealed That Significant Revision is Required to Historical Knowledge  of Porcelain Manufactories  ( Part A).- Chapter 8 . Case Studies III : Analytical Data Which Have Revealed That a Significant Revision is Required to Historical Knowledge of Porcelain Manufactories  ( Part B ).- Chapter 9 . Case Studies IV : Challenges for Analytical Science.- Chapter 10. Assessment of the Role of Chemical Analysis in the Holistic Attribution of Porcelains to Factory Sources, Their Characterisation and the Evaluation of their Chronology.- Appendix I: Lady Charlotte Schreiber  ( 1812-1895).- Appendix II : The Bearded Tulip : Who Was “de Junic” and Can Analysis Unravel the Mystery Surrounding this Artist?.- Appendix III : Retailers of Porcelain ? A Source of Uncertainty for Analytical Attribution.- Appendix IV : The Importance of Establishing the Correct Chronology for Factory Operations in a Holistic Forensic Analytical Approach. Example : The Swansea and Nantgarw Manufactories,1814-1820.- Appendix V : Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1^st Baroness.- Appendix VI : American Porcelain Manufactories.- Appendix VII :Curiosities in Ceramic Compositions Exposed by Chemical Analysis.- Appendix VIII :Knowledge Transfer in the Age of Enlightenment.- Appendix IX : Ancient Pigments Nomenclature Confusion : An Analytical Challenge.- Selected Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index.