Christopher,

There were a number of potters that had different formulas for their
glazes, so the colors would have to be in a range of values.  You might
want to look at my article "Thoughts towards a User's Guide to Ceramic
Assemblages."  Part for is "Some thoughts on Classification of White
Ware."  These appeared in the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology
Newsletter and now are on line at the CNEHA web site for a free download.
Another source would be George L. Miller and Robert R. Hunter "How
Creamware got the Blues: Origins of China Glaze, Pearlware" that was
published in *Ceramics in America 2001* published by Chipstone Foundation,
Edited by Robert Hunter.  Pages 135-161.  I think this can be downloaded
from the *Ceramics in America *web site.

Peace,
George

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'd like to know what you find out; I saw one at a water museum, which
> showed that water inspectors have been using them since the 1920s (and when
> you consider how little variation there is in the colour of drinking water,
> you can imagine how precise these things can be), but so far, haven't seen
> any reference to their use in ceramic analysis or describing soil colours,
> just continued reliance on Munsell. Either archaeologists can't afford
> them, or... we're a little skeptical of technology...?
>
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>
> I have done some research into this topic, but am unsure whether or not
> anyone else has already attempted it. I have looked through several major
> journals and have not found any reference to such a project. If anyone
> knows of work of this type that has been done, please let me know of it so
> that I may incorporate it into my project or switch thesis topics.
>