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Born in Eisenach, Frederick was the son of Albert II, Margrave of Meissen and Margaret of Sicily. According to legend, his mother, fleeing her philandering husband in 1270, was overcome by the pain of parting and bit Frederick on the cheek: therefore he became known as the Bitten . After the death of Conradin in 1268, he became the legitimate ...
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Oct 12, 2018 · The most skillful sculptor at Meissen was Johann Joachim Kändler who became the court sculptor to Augustus before becoming the Meissen Model Master in 1733 and later an arcanist admitted to the secrets of the porcelain formula. Kändler seemed to breathe life into his models, giving them a sense of dynamic movement.
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The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen ( German: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis ( Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally ...
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Albert Leopold Friedrich Christian Sylvester Anno Macarius, Prince of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (31 December 1893 – 9 August 1968) was the second son of Frederick Augustus III, the last reigning king of Saxony before the abolition of the monarchy in 1918. Upon his father's death in 1932, he became the head of the Royal House ...
Meissen was founded in 1710 in the gothic Albrechtburg castle. It was the first porcelain manufacturer in Europe. Originally situated in Dresden, in 1710 the factory was moved to the Albrechtsburg in Meissen, where it was more secure and easier to guard the secret of hard paste porcelain. Initial production was, for the most part, red Böttger ...
The Museum’s permanent exhibition tells the story of Meissen porcelain on the basis of some 2,000 items. It is the only museum in the world to map the entire evolution of Meissen porcelain from the earliest beginnings in 1710 to the present day. The exhibition focuses first and foremost on the factors underpinning porcelain manufacture ...
Welcome to the Meissen Collector, a web site dedicated to providing information to Meissen porcelain enthusiasts, collectors, and those who are attempting to identify, buy, sell, appraise or authenticate Meissen porcelain. Nearly 1000 photos of Meissen figures arranged by category provide a means for identifying models. Detailed information can ...
