Danish Royal Porcelain 1775-2000 - 225 Years of Design
The
Earliest European Porcelain in the 18th Century
The
state capable of producing its own goods was able to save
valuable currency.
Large sums of money were spent on trying to emulate the
art of the Chinese.
In
most instances this only resulted in an external similarity,
but Johann Friedrich Bottger, who worked for the King of
Saxony, succeeded in 1709 in producing first brown stoneware
and, in the years that followed, a genuine, white porcelain
paste, composed of quartz, feldspar and kaolin. Attempts to
keep the recipe a secret failed, and in the course of the 18th
century porcelain manufactories were established throughout
Europe.
The
Establishment of The Royal Porcelain Manufactory in 1775
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