Annual Report 2010 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

… two bottle vases with Foo lions, c. 1725, …
lysed a large number of historic Chinese and Japanese
porcelain wares. “The data established through tests on
these porcelains resemble those concerning the old ceramics
from England.” He therefore considers it likely that
these historic products in England are white goods imported
from the Far East, which were later painted. At the
TU Bergakademie Freiberg and at the Dresden­Rossendorf
Research Centre, porcelain wares have been investigated
using various technologies over the past few years. Ion
beam analysis (FZD) and electron beam analysis (TU Bergakademie)
produce comparable results. Johann Friedrich
Böttger invented European hard­paste porcelain in 1708
on the basis of experiments conducted by Ehrenfried
Walther von Tschirnhaus, later perfecting the technique
for industrial production. In January 1710, a porcelain
manufactory was established in Dresden by August the
Strong. In June of the same year, production was transferred
to Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen, a short distance
from Dresden. This is regarded as the birth of Europe’s first
porcelain manufactory, which celebrated its tercentenary
this year.
… tea pot with tea bowl and saucer, 1715 – 1720, …
… and a fluted and a lidded vase, 1715 – 1720
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