Physico-chemical techniques of analysis have been applied to a series of Hellenistic terra cotta figurines found at Myrina, on the coast of Asia Minor, to explore the feasibility of using chemical and mineralogical composition as parameters in the identification of figurine workshops. The results suggest that there is a tentative basis for the correlation between composition and stylistic criteria among the figurines. The difficulties associated with this approach are discussed, and account is taken of an earlier enquiry that was carried out on similar lines.