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  • Collection file cabinet
    A comparative ceramic type collection is maintained for use by students and researchers.
  • Ceramic type specimens in drawer
    Ceramic type specimens illustrated in John Goggin's Spanish Majolica in the New World (1968)
  • comparative bead collection
    Type collections are also maintained for non-ceramic materials as well. Above is part of our comparative bead collection.
  • majolicas from ceramic type collection
    Examples of majolicas from the 16th and 17th centuries in our ceramic type collection.

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