M. Bimson

• British Museum

The microstructures of faience, produced in the laboratory by the direct application of the glazing mixture (both in the raw state and in the form of prefired and ground frit) and by the efflorescence and cementation glazing methods, have been studied in polished sections in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The microstructures observed were...

Optical and scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis and X-ray diffraction are used to determine the composition and microstructure of the bodies and glazes of Chinese porcelain of the Yuan dynasty from Jingdezhen, as well as samples of porcelain-stone and glaze-stone from the same region. The original mineralogical compositions o...

The principal aim has been to obtain information on the procedures used in antiquity to produce the different fabrics, ranging from soft and friable to hard and semi-vitrified, which are composed of Egyptian Blue. Four pieces of Egyptian Blue from Egypt and Mesopotamia have been examined using the scanning electron microscope and have been compared...