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JUL 4, 2008

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Stoneware
panther

designer:
Erich Oehrne

design year:
1939

manufacturer:
the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Germany

materials:
red fine stoneware

notes:
Bottger wanted to make a "hard-paste" white porcelain, simliar to the porecelain the Chinese had been producing since 613 CE, instead of merely imitating and refining earthenware, as he had been doing with his experiments in red stoneware. Around 1710, he found the proper balance of materials to mix into what was to be the first true European white porcelain with a smooth texture and translucent quality, and the Meissen manfuactory was established.

A resurgence of interest in red stoneware began in the early 20th century. Max Adolf Pfeiffer, who was Meissen's director from 1918 until 1933, reintroduced pieces executed in this unusual and challenging material into the collection.

dimensions:
12" x 15"

price:
$2,400.00