TY - JOUR
T1 - A group of early english lead crystal glass goblets found in Lisbon
AU - Valente, Francisca Pulido
AU - Coutinho, Inês
AU - Medici, Teresa
AU - Brain, Colin
AU - Vilarigues, Márcia
N1 - We are grateful to the archaeologist Manuela Mesquita Leit?o of the Museu da Cidade de Lisboa (C?mara Municipal de Lisboa) for drawing our attention to this collection; to Clementino Amaro, the archaeologist responsible for the Casa dos Bicos excavation, for all of the information provided; and to Filipa Lopes and colleagues for allowing us to use the unpublished data. We are also grateful for the support of the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT-MCTES), grant SFRH/BD/72552/2010, and for the FCT support through the UID/EAT/00729/2013.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - More than 40 fragments of colorless glass from heavy baluster stem goblets were found in the archaeological excavation of the Casa dos Bicos in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1981 and 1982. This article focuses on 20 fragments from this collection, dated between the second half of the 1690s and 1755. The study was designed to identify the possible provenance of the goblets, based on the composition of the glass, as obtained by micro-energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence, and the typology of the objects. The analyzed glass was determined to have a high content of lead oxide (25-39 weight percent), and a silica content of 49-59 weight percent. These heavy baluster stem goblets were typical of early English lead crystal production, and this archaeological set is, as far as we know, the largest ever found.
AB - More than 40 fragments of colorless glass from heavy baluster stem goblets were found in the archaeological excavation of the Casa dos Bicos in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1981 and 1982. This article focuses on 20 fragments from this collection, dated between the second half of the 1690s and 1755. The study was designed to identify the possible provenance of the goblets, based on the composition of the glass, as obtained by micro-energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence, and the typology of the objects. The analyzed glass was determined to have a high content of lead oxide (25-39 weight percent), and a silica content of 49-59 weight percent. These heavy baluster stem goblets were typical of early English lead crystal production, and this archaeological set is, as far as we know, the largest ever found.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85007301651
SN - 0075-4250
VL - 58
SP - 211
EP - 225
JO - Journal of Glass Studies
JF - Journal of Glass Studies
ER -