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"majolica" sans lead:

updated thu 20 apr 06

 

Ivor and Olive Lewis on wed 19 apr 06


Dear Earl ...

You ask.... So Lee, if the originals didn't have lead in the earthenware =
glaze, then what was the preferred flux in those glazes?...

Not sure about the origin of Lee's contribution (References please Lee =
when you give us stuff like that! ) but we would do well to remember the =
Middle East, especially Turkey was a source of Boric compounds before =
deposits were found in the wild wild west of the USA.=20

Best regards,

Ivor