Transporting Vitriol in the 19th Century: The Transatlantic Voyage of 4 Rhenish Stoneware Vessels

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M. Pilar Prieto-Martínez
CISPAC, EcoPast, USC
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-6307
Oscar Lantes Suárez
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1987-9759
Biography
Vol. 44 (2022), Articles, pages 99-131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/cadlaxe.2022.44.0.9388
Submitted: Nov 26, 2022 Accepted: Dec 28, 2022 Published: Dec 28, 2022
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The results of the study carried out on four 19th-century Rhenish Stoneware vessels that, being recovered in Cuba, have probably been made in Germany by order of the British Crown, filled with vitriol in Germany or England, and then transported by ship to America. The study includes a formal analysis, based on the concept of chaîne opératoire, and analytical (CAT, DRX, FRX, SEM-EDX). The synthesis of both approaches allows us to reconstruct in detail the biography of the vessels.

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rhenish stoneware, vitriol, biogrphy of vessels, chaîne opératoire, reuse, 19th century, 20th century

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