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 ...

Public domain Part of a large group of animals ordered from the Meissen factory (the first European factory to succeed in the manufacture of 'true', or hard-paste Chinese type porcelain) in 1730, the ...

Information about the collection or items in it can be found in the following works: Gardner, Paul Vickers. Meissen and Other German Porcelain in the Alfred Duane Pell Collection. Washington, DC: ...

It wasn't until the early 18th century that European manufacturers, notably in Meissen, Germany, successfully produced true hard-paste porcelain, marking a pivotal moment in the continent's ...