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IT may be of interest to record a discovery I have made, with Dr. Grassini, which should prove of importance in the study of old ceramics, and also of the commerce and industries of the Romans of the first century after Christ. My researches upon the antiquity of the boric acid bearing ‘lagoni’ and ‘soffioni’ of Tuscany led me to examine the glaze of the famous Arezzo pottery (vasi sigillati aretini). These vases are among the most beautiful and important of the artistic works of the Romans of the first century before and after Christ.
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"Die rote römische Topferwaare mit besonderer Rücksicht auf ihre Glasur. Eine kunstgewerbliche Skizze." Von Dr. Franz Keller, Rektor der Gewerbschule in Speyer. (Heidelberg: Buchhandlung von Carl Gross; 1876.)
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NASINI, R. Boric Acid in the Glaze of the Sealed Vases of Arezzo. Nature 126, 877–878 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126877b0
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