Dresden Marks

Porcelain in Dresden and Meissen porcelain is sometimes confused because of their long history at the beginning and tangled. Since early 1700, Bottger Johann, an inventor of talent, has been retained as a prisoner in the castle of Prince Augustus Albrechtsburg Meissen, a small village a few miles down the road from Dresden much greater. Here Bottger discovered how to make porcelain as fine as that which is imported from China and Japan.



Bottger was imprisoned because the prince believed that Augustus could Bottger fashion gold from other materials. When Bottger be discovered how to make porcelain, Prince Augustus was happy. Because Prince August was a serious collector of porcelain in Japan and China, he opened a porcelain factory in the castle Albrechtsburg to keep the secret of the porcelain.



Dresden, Germany has been a fundamental heart of the intellectual, artistic and cultural. Many china decorators and sculptors, philosophers, poets and painters, moved to Dresden. The Dresden porcelain term actually refers to more of a movement that focused on artistic interests instead of a specific company that produced porcelain Dresden.



first pieces of Dresden porcelain seconds (or reject) the Meissen factory. The painters of porcelain are the ones who expanded the scope and reputation of the Dresden porcelain around the world. The plants within Dresden finally got the opportunity to shape their own hard-paste porcelain from scratch.



In recent years, inventing porcelain, Bottger death. His apprentice, Johann Horoldt, invented the paintings of genuine porcelain. These paintings were made by mixing finely ground glass and metal ingredients, then link it with oil. Used during the third phase of soft, painting porcelain was fired on translucent glaze. In this way, the beautiful paintings and other drawings that are part of the attraction of Dresden china, were born. Another invention Horoldt was important in the development of porcelain in Dresden is the appearance of iridescent purple color. This color was quickly regarded as a sign of an authentic piece of Dresden china.



Rococo Revival is a term that is used to describe the style of the Dresden china. The extensive use of complex and creative painting using a multitude of shells, flowers, scrolls, fruit and foliage was first used by decorators of Dresden china. Collections of Dresden china has also benefited the most success with this style of decoration. These drawings were painted on Meissen porcelain blanks in the early years. This probably added to the confusion between the porcelain Dresden and Meissen porcelain.



For nearly two hundred years, the region is a huge success with its porcelain Dresden. That all ended on the night of February 13, 1945, when Allied forces bombed Dresden. The city was almost completely destroyed. Almost everything in the porcelain factories of Dresden was burned beyond recognition. The event marked the effective end of the manufacture of porcelain in Dresden.



The exquisite designs and drawings prepared, presented on numerous pieces of porcelain from Dresden not lend themselves to the lure of these highly collectible. In addition, the abrupt end to the manufacture of porcelain from Dresden also adds to its appeal.



The mark of a genuine piece of Dresden china is one of a blue crown with the word below Dresden. This is not to be confused with the crossed swords mark found on Meissen porcelain.