Hi Susan- 

I am sorry that this is a long email!

Majolica is among the most studied ceramic types of the historic-era, although we have only scratched the surface using archaeometry. I gave a paper at the SHA conference in 2008 where I overviewed applications of materials science techniques to historic-era ceramics.  I include below my notes from my presentation, which was delivered extemporaneously, as well as the full bibliography I prepared to distribute at that event.

Since that session at the 2008 meeting, a group of us gathered in Barcelona in 2012 to talk about the applications of archaeometric analysis to historic ceramics. The GlobalPottery conference papers were eventually published by BAR in 2015. There are a number of important studies in that volume related to majolica ceramics, but someone still needs to write a critical overview of all the studies in this area. 
Jaume Buxeda I Garrigós, Marisol Madrid i Fernández, and Javier G. Iñañez (eds.). 2015. GlobalPottery 1: Historical Archaeology and Archaeometry for Societies in Contact. British Archaeological Reports (BAR), International Series 2761, BAR Press, Oxford, pp. 397-409.

I would encourage you to speak with others working in this topic. The world of archaeometric studies is littered with examples where people did a study that, for many reasons, yielded interesting results but also data that could not be integrated into larger regional or global trade studies.The “orphan” data proves useless in the long term. There have been many conversations about using consistent standards and control samples during analysis that will allow for many small studies to eventually result in robust databases for research.

Please keep me appraised of your collaborations! Good luck!
Cheers,
Tim Scarlett

Notes from 2008 talk:
Tin Glazed Earthenwares:
N. America
	•Gulf Coast
		–Olin et al. 1978
		–Olin et al. 2002
	•California
		–Skowronek et al. 2001-2007
	•Caribbean
		–Vaz and Cruxent 1975
	•Texas
		–Carlson et al 2007
	•Mexico
		–Maggetti 1984
		–Olin et al 1978
		–Monroy-guzman and Fournier 2003
		—Blackman et al 2006
Latin America
	•Panama
		–Jameson 2001, 2005
		–Rovira 2001, 2006
	•Equador
		–Jameson et al 2004
	•New Granada
		–Therrien et al 2002
	•Columbia
		–Therrien 2002
	•Dominican Repub., Venezuela, Guatemala, Peru, Equador.
		–Olin et al 1978
	•Cuba
		–Alvarez and Arrazcaeta 2003
Europe
	•England
		–Cowell and Gamister 1995
	•Italy
		–Hughes and Gaimster 2002
	•Netherlands
		–Hughes and Gaimster 2002
		–Hughes 1995
	•Spain/Portugal
		–Hughes and Vince 1986
	•Spain
		–Olin et al 1978; 
		–Olin and Blackman 1989; 
		–Hughes 1991; 
		–Meyers 1992; 
		–Olin and Meyers 1992; 
		–Hurst 1995


Working Bibliography on the Application of Materials Science to Ceramics in Historical Archaeology

Timothy James Scarlett

SHA Conference, December 2008.

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Betts, I. M. (1991). Thin-Section and Neutron Activation Analysis of Brick and Tile from York and Surrounding Sites.  In A. Middleton and I. Freestone, eds., Recent Developments in Ceramic Petrology, British Museum Occasional Paper 81, pp. 39-55.

Blackman, M. J, Fournier, P., and Bishop, R. L.  (2006). Complejidad e interacción social en el México colonial: La Producción, intercambio, y consumo de cerámicas vidriadas y esmaltadas con base en análisis de activación neutrónica.  Cuicuilco 36:203:222.

Carlson, S., Bishop, R. L., Blackman, M. J., and Carlson, D. L. (2007). Compositional Analysis of Spanish Colonial Ceramics in Texas.  Poster presented at 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Williamsburg, VA.

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Cowell, M. R., and Gaimster, D. R. M. (1995). Post-medieval ceramic stove tiles bearing the Royal Arms of England: Further scientific investigations into their manufacture and source in Southern England. In Duncan R. Hook and David M. Gaimster (eds.), Trade and Discovery: The Scientific Study of Artefacts from Post-Medieval Europe and Beyond. British Museum Department of Scientific Research, London.

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> On Sep 14, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> Does anyone know of studies done of Spanish Colonial Majolica paste, body and glaze compositions?  Their chemical compositions and origins?
> We have a multidisciplinary group that is going to do quality reproductions of, perhaps, about 4 different majolicas we find here in San Diego County.
> Thanks for assistance,
> S. Walter