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Swiss Stained-Glass Panels: An Analytical Study

Part of: Micrographia Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2017

Andreia Machado ,
Sophie Wolf ,
Luis C. Alves ,
Ildiko Katona-Serneels ,
Vincent Serneels ,
Stefan Trümpler  and
Márcia Vilarigues
Andreia Machado
Affiliation:
R&D Unit, Vidro e da Cerâmica Para as Artes (VICARTE), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Hangar III, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal Department of Conservation and Restoration, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Sophie Wolf
Affiliation:
Vitrocentre Romont, Au Château, P.O. Box 225, CH-1680 Romont, Switzerland
Luis C. Alves
Affiliation:
C2TN, IST/CTN, University of Lisbon, E.N. 10, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal
Ildiko Katona-Serneels
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Vincent Serneels
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Stefan Trümpler
Affiliation:
Vitrocentre Romont, Au Château, P.O. Box 225, CH-1680 Romont, Switzerland
Márcia Vilarigues*
Affiliation:
R&D Unit, Vidro e da Cerâmica Para as Artes (VICARTE), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Hangar III, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal Department of Conservation and Restoration, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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*Corresponding author.mgv@fct.unl.pt
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Abstract

The history and iconography of Swiss stained glass dating between the 16th and 18th centuries are well studied. However, the chemical and morphological characteristics of the glass and glass paints, particularly the nature of the raw materials, the provenance of the glass, and the technology used to produce it are less well understood. In this paper, we studied two sets of samples from stained-glass panels attributed to Switzerland, which date from the 16th to 17th centuries: the first set comes from Pena National Palace collection, the second from Vitrocentre Romont. The aims were to identify the materials used in the production of the glass, to find out more about their production origin and to characterize the glass paints. Both glass and the glass paints were analysed by particle-induced X-ray emission; the paints were additionally analysed by scanning electron microscopy–electron-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The results show that the glass from both sets was probably produced in the same region and that wood ash was used as a fluxing agent. Different recipes have been used to make the blue enamels. However, the cobalt ore used as a coloring agent in all of the blue enamels came from the mining district in Schneeberg, Germany.

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stained glassSwitzerlandPortugalμ-PIXESEM-EDS
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Micrographia
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2017 , pp. 878 - 890
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© Microscopy Society of America 2017 

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