A collection of 18-century Meissen porcelain restituted by the Dutch government to heirs of its original owners, Franz and Margarethe Oppenheimer, realized a total of US$15 million—nearly five ...

The factory was built in Meissen, Germany, in 1710. It made stoneware, porcelain and other ceramics ... $150. • Donald Duck ring with Kellogg's Pep magnet, white plastic, Donald with box ...

A sale at Sotheby’s of nearly 120 lots of rare, early 18th-century Meissen porcelain smashed all expectations in a live auction at its New York saleroom this morning. Porcelain objects from the ...

Meissen is German manufacturer credited with pioneering hard-paste porcelain in Europe. Established by Johann Friedrich Böttger in Meissen, Germany in 1710, the company first began producing red ...

The year my late grandfather Henry H. Arnhold introduced me to The Great Bustard, the most prized object in his collection of Meissen porcelain, I started glassblowing. His mother had begun ...

Elaborate bowls. Onion-pattern dishes. These are all antiques that make collectors hope that they have a piece of old Meissen porcelain. Sometimes it’s wishful thinking, because all of these ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The tiny crossed swords on Meissen porcelain are among the world’s oldest trademarks, having been applied by ...

and the zenith of porcelain as art has been made in Meissen, a town near Dresden, where Wagner once lived and where we experienced his four ... The company that brought the dire wolf back from ...

The 130 works on display from the renowned Arnhold collection were produced by Royal Meissen, Europe’s premiere porcelain manufacturer until Sèvres was established. (The craft itself originated ...