TY - JOUR
T1 - Catalan imitations of the ligurian taches noires ware in barcelona (18th-19th century): An example of technical knowledge transfer
AU - Di Febo, Roberta
AU - Casas, Lluís
AU - Capelli, Claudio
AU - Cabella, Roberto
AU - Vallcorba, Oriol
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The ware called Taches Noires was developed in Albisola (Liguria, NW Italy) during the 18th century. In just a few years, it spread all over the Mediterranean (Italy, France, Spain, Tunisia, and Greece) and also in the New World (Canada, the Caribbean Islands, and Mexico). The success of the Taches Noires ware was so massive that it was soon copied by Spanish and French workshops. A collection of Catalan imitations and Ligurian imports found in Barcelona were analysed and compared to previously existing data from Barcelona productions, as well as reference samples from Albisola. The study proved the presence of both local imitations and original Albisola imports. The analysis showed a homogeneous product of high technical quality for the Albisola pottery. On the contrary, the local imitations presented a greater diversification in the choice and manipulation of the raw materials, probably related to the existence of different workshops engaged in the manufacturing of these products. Nevertheless, for one of the local groups, ceramists adopted a glaze recipe similar to the one used in Albisola, clearly indicating a direct transfer of knowledge, and possibly of potters, from Albisola to Barcelona.
AB - © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The ware called Taches Noires was developed in Albisola (Liguria, NW Italy) during the 18th century. In just a few years, it spread all over the Mediterranean (Italy, France, Spain, Tunisia, and Greece) and also in the New World (Canada, the Caribbean Islands, and Mexico). The success of the Taches Noires ware was so massive that it was soon copied by Spanish and French workshops. A collection of Catalan imitations and Ligurian imports found in Barcelona were analysed and compared to previously existing data from Barcelona productions, as well as reference samples from Albisola. The study proved the presence of both local imitations and original Albisola imports. The analysis showed a homogeneous product of high technical quality for the Albisola pottery. On the contrary, the local imitations presented a greater diversification in the choice and manipulation of the raw materials, probably related to the existence of different workshops engaged in the manufacturing of these products. Nevertheless, for one of the local groups, ceramists adopted a glaze recipe similar to the one used in Albisola, clearly indicating a direct transfer of knowledge, and possibly of potters, from Albisola to Barcelona.
KW - 18th century AD
KW - Albisola
KW - Archaeometric analyses
KW - Barcelona
KW - Hematite
KW - Imitations
KW - Kentrolite
KW - Provenance
KW - Taches noires pottery
KW - Technical knowledge
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3390/min8050183
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/min8050183
M3 - Article
VL - 8
JO - Minerals
JF - Minerals
SN - 2075-163X
IS - 5
M1 - 183
ER -