Meissen porcelain
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Meissen porcelain, or Meissen china, was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedr
Commedia dell'arte figures, c. 1740, 1744, 1735, modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler
Part of a tea and chocolate service, c. 1725, given to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666–1732) by Augustus the Strong, owner of the Meissen factory
Albrechtsburg castle in Meissen
Böttger stoneware medal of 1935 for the 225th anniversary of the factory in Meissen; the obverse portrays the inventor of the stoneware, Johann Friedrich Böttger
Hard-paste porcelain
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Hard-paste porcelain, sometimes called "true porcelain", is a ceramic material that was originally made from a compound of the feldspathic rock petuntse and kaolin fired at a very high temperature, us
Porcelain dish, Chinese Qing, 1644–1911, Hard-paste decorated in underglaze cobalt blue V&A Museum no. 491-1931 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Section of the letter of François Xavier d'Entrecolles about Chinese porcelain manufacturing techniques, 1712, published by Jean-Baptiste du Halde in 1735
French porcelain factory, 1771
Comte de Milly's L'art de la porcelaine, 1771