Abstract
Lustre ceramic decoration was revealed by analytical electron microscopy to have been the first nanostructured metallic thin film made by man. Considering this type of decoration in the context of cultural heritage, this is a remarkable discovery in the history of technology, because nanocrystal films have been produced empirically since medieval times. This meant that a high level of technological knowledge of materials science was required to obtain and to reproduce lustre layers. An analytical approach by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and electron diffraction (ED) facilities, allowed us to resolve the microstructure and chemical composition of the lustre.
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