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1922, Saxony, Dresden. Large "Johann Friedrich Böttger" Brown Biscuit Porcelain Medal.

Mint Year: 1922 Mint Place: Meissen Condition: As made (UNC!) Mint: Meissen Ceramic Company Denomination: Medal - JOhann Friedrich Böttger Material: Brown Biscuit Porcelain Weight: 36.07gm Diameter: 67mm

Meissen is famous for the manufacture of porcelain, based on extensive local deposits of china clay (kaolin) and potter's clay (potter's earth). Meissen porcelain was the first high quality porcelain to be produced outside of the Orient. The first European porcelain was manufactured in Meissen in 1710, when the Royal Porcelain Factory was opened in the Albrechtsburg. In 1861, it was moved to the Triebisch river valley of Meissen, where the porcelain factory can still be found today. Along with porcelain, other ceramics are also manufactured.

Johann Friedrich Böttger (also Böttcher or Böttiger; February 4, 1682 – March 13, 1719) was a German alchemist. He was born in Schleiz, and died in Dresden. He was generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain although more recent sources ascribe this to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. Böttger is still credited with developing the manufacture of porcelain in Europe.

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