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 ...

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 ...

But collectors often are uninformed about 20th-century Meissen. Since 1900, the original factory has made art nouveau dinnerware, realistic animal figures, art deco figurines, vases in modern ...

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 ...

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.

A lavish, baroque figurine, it is a typical example of the famous craftsmanship from Meissen, Germany, and is on display as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum's "Prachtvolle ...