Meissen porcelain: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Dresden porcelain • porcelaine de Saxe

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18th-century apparel

An embosser of Meissen porcelain at work in Meissen, Ger.

Meissen porcelain candelabras and clock, 19th century

Harlequin, Meissen hard-paste porcelain figure from the commedia dell'arte modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, c. 1738; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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