PIXE-PIGE analysis of 18th and early 19th century creamware from Slovenia and Northern Italy

The methods of PIXE and PIGE were applied for the analysis of cream-coloured earthenware ceramics produced in the territory of Northern Italy and central Slovenia. The light elements were found sufficiently discriminative to distinguish between different producers. Two sites of clay sources in Slovenia were identified and sampled. The differences between them are insignificant and indicate that the differences between the manufacturers resulted from different mixtures of the batch mass with limestone. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.