To porcelain-lovers the world over, Meissen china is incomparable ... it`s the perfect setting for its precious porcelain. Goblets, figurines, clocks, chess sets, tiles, urns, animal sculptures ...

In 1709, Böttger introduced a substance called kaolin, or “china clay,” into the mixture ... This is not the first time that Meissen figurines have been shown admiring tiny, ultra ...

Modelling their china on the blue and white glazes found in the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, the Meissen painters created patterns ... The business expanded to include the production of figurines, ...

05/12/2012 May 12, 2012 Its trademark crossed swords are a real find for collectors all over the world. Meissen porcelain comes from the town of Meissen in the eastern German state of Saxony - but ...

And thus the European fine porcelain industry was born and the near total dominance of the craft was wrested away from China. Since then, Meissen sculptures, dining services and objets d’art ...

The exhibition, entitled The Splendor of Rococo: Meissen Porcelain Figurines by Johann Joachim Kaendler, opened on Friday and runs until September 29. The display, which is the first of its kind ...