Meissen
Americannoun
noun
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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 district of Meissen, near Dresden, reported almost 1,305 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past week.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021
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
He was born in Meissen in Saxony on 29 July 1935, the son of a church cantor, and joined Dresden's famous Kreuzchor boys' choir at the age of eight.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2019
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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