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 ...

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If the needle leaves no trace, the porcelain is hard-paste; if the surface is scratched, it is soft-paste.