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2. Meissen porcelain - Wikipedia

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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 Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought this type of porcelain to the market, financed by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and ...

3. Möllendorff Dinner Service - Wikipedia

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   The Möllendorff Dinner Service of Meissen porcelain was designed in about 1762 by Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia (1712–86), in collaboration with Karl Jacob Christian Klipfel, a Meissen artist and musician. Some of the figures were modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–75). The factory's renown was in great part due to the ...

4. Museum Giuseppe Gianetti - Wikipedia

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   The Museum includes collections of different types of porcelain, majolica, and ceramics that belonged to the Italian industrialist Giuseppe Gianetti. [3] These showcase more than 200 pieces of Meissen porcelain, which represents the Museum's most substantial collection. Other collections cover Oriental porcelain, Italian and European majolica ...

5. The Priceless Wisdom of Meissen Porcelain - AOL

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   Meissen, the finest porcelain in the world, teaches that art is about conversations across eras and cultures that enable new creations to spring from the old. The Priceless Wisdom of Meissen Porcelain

6. Dresden Porcelain - Wikipedia

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   The Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur Dresden GmbH (Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden Ltd), generally known in English as Dresden Porcelain (though that may also mean the much older and better-known Meissen porcelain), was a German company for the production of decorative and luxury porcelain.

7. Swan Service - Wikipedia

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   The Swan Service (German: Schwanenservice, Polish: Serwis łabędzi) is a large service of baroque Meissen porcelain which was made for the First Minister of the Electorate of Saxony and favourite of king Augustus III of Poland, Heinrich von Brühl. Augustus had made Brühl the Supervisor of the Meissen works in 1733, then in August 1739 its ...