Group of tourist watching a demonstration of a dish being hand painted at the Meissen porcelain factory. Saxony, Germany

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Group of tourist watching a demonstration of a dish being hand painted at the Meissen porcelain factory. Meissen porcelain or Meissen china is the first European hard-paste porcelain that was developed from 1708. The production of porcelain at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish one of the most famous porcelain manufacturers, still in business today. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the crossed swords is one of the oldest trademarks in existence.

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Keywords: china, demonstration, europe, germany, meissen