Meissen porcelain
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Meissen porcelain
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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A rarely seen look at the lives of craftsmen behind Meissen porcelain, French Art Nouveau glass and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
I watched a small girl in a tulle tutu try to scale a vitrine of Meissen porcelain statuettes by Johann Joachim Kändler, particularly enchanted with one group, a fox accompanying a singer on harpsichord.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
The Frick has now disclosed that the donor is the New Yorker Henry H. Arnhold, who has promised 131 examples of Meissen porcelain.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2011
Mr. Marino is working other displays: one this week in Dresden to mark the 300th anniversary of Meissen porcelain; another in April at London’s Wallace Collection of his own collection of 16th- and 17th-century bronzes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2010
I had heard marvelous tales of his garden, also of the inside of the house—Attic vases, Meissen porcelain, paintings by Alma-Tadema and Frith.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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