Ceramics - European - Meissen
| In the early 1700s, Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, decided that he should be able to manufacture porcelain to compete with the Chinese. He forcibly enlisted an alchemist, Frederich Bottger, to assist him in finding the formula. In 1708, Bottger produced a near-porcelain, using alabaster. In 1710, Augustus established the Royal Saxon Porcelain factory at Meissen, near Dresden, to capitalise on Bottgers discovery. In 1719, Bottger perfected the technique for making porcelain. |  |
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