MEISSEN, Germany — Of his extensive collection of ceramics, Oscar Wilde once remarked: "I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china." What Wilde felt he was increasingly ...

Meissen obtains the kaolin, or china clay, for its tiles (priced from about $82 per square foot) from Europe’s smallest mine, in Seilitz, not far from the factory, and produces the pieces in ...

More copies of these famous sets of china have been made in recent years. One of the most famous sets of dishes made during the past 300 years is the Swan set created by the Meissen factory in 1735.

Obvious valuable figurines would be from high-end brands Lladró, Dresden, or Meissen, but these aren't likely to be found in a thrift shop (although if you do see one, for goodness' sake grab it).

Meissen is German manufacturer credited with pioneering hard-paste porcelain in Europe. Established by Johann Friedrich Böttger in Meissen, Germany in 1710, the company first began producing red ...

One of the most famous sets of dishes made in the past 300 years is the Swan set created by the Meissen factory in 1735. Each white piece was made with low raised figures of swans and cattails in ...

Telling NE China culture through clay figurines Updated: 2017-07-17 (chinadaily.com.cn) Mail Print Larger Medium Small ...

The Meissen china manufactory from 1710 to 1910, by prof. Dr. Berling.--The development of the chemico-technical management from the beginning to the present time, by Counsellor Superior of Mines Dr.