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
The real UFOs at Frick Madison, expected in the first quarter of 2021, may therefore be the decorative arts: all those gilded clocks, all that Meissen porcelain, relocated from plutocratic salons into cubes of concrete.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2020
Top photo: 19th-century Meissen porcelain bust of girl, Alexander’s Antiques.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2018
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
It was genuine Meissen porcelain, the work of the great artist Höroldt, who painted it in 1726.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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