xxxxxTwo Germans, the alchemist Johann Böttger, and the physicist Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, discovered the secret of making true porcelain in 1707. Produced at a factory in Meissen from 1710, it became known as Dresden in Britain and Porcelaine de Saxe in France. Its quality and popularity reached its peak in 1730. Other factories then made use of this hard-
MEISSEN PORCELAIN IS FIRST PRODUCED 1710 (AN)
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xxxxxItxwas in 1707 that two Germans, the alchemist Johann Böttger, and the physicist Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, discovered the secret of making hard-
xxxxxMarked improvements were made in the early years, notably in the ware's translucency and the quality of the figure modelling, and with the growing range of ceramic colours, production and popularity reached its peak in the 1730s. The Meissen factory was at one time owned by the king of Saxony, and the porcelain produced is identified by a distinctive mark -
xxxxxOnce the secret of making hard-