After 300 years crafting baroque porcelain for French kings and Russian tsars, Germany's Meissen has launched an in-house revolution to weather the economic downturn.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The tiny crossed swords on Meissen porcelain are among the world’s oldest trademarks, having been applied by ...

A collection of 18-century Meissen porcelain restituted by the Dutch government to heirs of its original owners, Franz and Margarethe Oppenheimer, realized a total of US$15 million—nearly five ...

Meissen, the finest porcelain in the world, teaches that art is about conversations across eras that enable new creations to spring from the old.

Object Details maker Meissen Manufactory Description MARKS: Crossed swords in underglaze blue; “2” impressed;”52” impressed. PURCHASED FROM: E. Pinkus, New York, 1961. This oval stand is from the ...

The company museum showcases stunning historical pieces, including a life-size porcelain monkey. My week of Wagner’s Ring cycle has come and gone. In Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods ...

A. Meissen porcelain long has been prized for its incredible quality and craftsmanship. Founded in 1710, Meissen is known as the first European manufacturer of the coveted hard-paste porcelain ...

DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: Perhaps you can identify these statues for us. We were told they were "Meissen" porcelain, but we have not been able to find ones with a similar mark on Google. We even ...

A sale at Sotheby’s of nearly 120 lots of rare, early 18th-century Meissen porcelain smashed all expectations in a live auction at its New York saleroom this morning. Porcelain objects from the ...