8.01.02 Pompeian Blue

Pigment Number	8.01.02; 8.01.2; 711 (NYU old)
Pigment Classification	8.01 BLUE - Copper Blues (Carbonates and Oxides)
Bottle Label	Pompeian Blue, (this pigment appears to be nearly identical in chemical composition and in physical properties with the ancient Pompeian or Egyptian Blue. It is a copper frit.
Collection Source	RJG?
Supplier/Manufacturer	Lefranc
Date	Nov 1937
Sample Composition	cuprorivaite (XRD)

Museums and labs that have a sample

Lab Name	Lab Number	Comment
Brooklyn Museum	8.01.2; 711 (old)
Buffalo State	8.01.2
DIA-Detroit	8.01.2	Two vials (a,b)
ICA-Cleveland	8.01.2	date of 1929
IFA-NYU	8.01.2; 711 (old)
Library of Congress	8.01.2
McRI-Chicago	8.01.2	bottles a and b
Walters-Baltimore	8.01.2	Slide mounted
Winterthur	8.01.2	v; additional date of 1927

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