We have all the old porcelain bowls and plates on the cabinet of the dining room, but we never thought what is their history? Meissen porcelain is one of the oldest porcelain of the world, it is the first European hard porcelain. It dates from 1708 when a German genius Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus developed. Unfortunately he died later that year, but fortunately, Johann Friedrich Böttger, also known as the father of Meissen porcelain, think China a valuable invention circulate between European cities trying to sell. Therefore many believed that porcelain was his own invention. Porcelain finally sold.

On the other hand, the sale of porcelain on the market was not the only reason Böttger was moved to major European cities. It was a desperate alchemist trying to turn worthless material into gold. Later claimed that he could do, and King of Poland, August II locked in his lab and ordered it to produce gold. Böttger But instead of doing it just to China to produce and to the king. Fortunately, much of porcelain king and it was released. Böttger porcelain continued his research in his lab and the Meissen porcelain production finally began in 1710.

The Meissen porcelain was produced the first hard-paste porcelain in Europe. She was white, transparent, and there was also a high quality, is identical to the Chinese porcelain. Böttger later showed that it was produced by heating a mineral called kaolin, which is now known as clay, China, and has replaced petuntse alabaster. Although Böttger was the person who sold the spread of Meissen porcelain in Europe, we still believe Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus as the inventor of Meissen porcelain, but he was so unlucky to die so quickly and was lucky to have the right to Böttger to spread word of his invention.