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Crockery for the Court

Created three centuries ago, Meissen porcelain, the first to be made in Europe, cannot be separated from the royal court of Saxony's desire to possess the beautiful and expensive. For some 200 years, Europe's royalty treasured porcelain imported from Asia. Then, while a prisoner in Augustus the Strong's Saxon court, Johann Friedrich Böttger discovered how to create equally stunning tableware, statuettes, pots and vases in Europe for a fraction of the cost. Bildunterschrift:

Created three centuries ago, Meissen porcelain, the first to be made in Europe, cannot be separated from the royal court of Saxony's desire to possess the beautiful and expensive. For some 200 years, Europe's royalty treasured porcelain imported from Asia. Then, while a prisoner in Augustus the Strong's Saxon court, Johann Friedrich Böttger discovered how to create equally stunning tableware, statuettes, pots and vases in Europe for a fraction of the cost.

 

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