TRIVIA BITS ... PORCELAIN
How to manufacture porcelain, or “china”, was a mystery known only to the Chinese until around 1700.
Although imitation porcelain was made earlier in Italy, it was Johann Bottger, of Saxony, who made true porcelain – the Dresden China – for the first time in the Western World.
Böttger Porcelain saucer to the left circa 1715, beaker with Chinoiserie decoration circa 1718,
centre and to the right a large beaker by Johannes Gregorius Hoeroldt circa `1730
Although imitation porcelain was made earlier in Italy, it was Johann Bottger, of Saxony, who made true porcelain – the Dresden China – for the first time in the Western World.
Johann Bottger
Böttger Porcelain saucer to the left circa 1715, beaker with Chinoiserie decoration circa 1718,
centre and to the right a large beaker by Johannes Gregorius Hoeroldt circa `1730
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