A Johann Friedrich Böttger "Remember The Visit To Meissen" Medal

Name: A Johann Friedrich Böttger "Remember The Visit To Meissen" Medal
Brand: eMedals
SKU: G32581
Price: 25.0 USD
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Germany (German Democratic Republic (DDR), East Germany: Red porcelain, obverse with the left-facing bust of Johann Friedrich Böttger, reverse illustrating the town of Meissen (famous for its porcelain), marked below with the Meissen manufacturing crossed swords insignia, surrounded by the inscription "ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN BESUCH IN MEISSEN", 50.5 mm, near mint.

Footnote: Johann Friedrich Böttger (February 4, 1682 - March 13, 1719) was a German alchemist. He was born in Schleiz and died in Dresden He is normally credited with being the first European to discover the secret of the creation of hard-paste porcelain in 1708, but it has also been claimed that English manufacturers or Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus produced porcelain first. Certainly, the Meissen factory, established in 1710, was the first to produce porcelain in Europe in large quantities. Since the recipe was kept a trade secret by Böttger for his company, experiments continued elsewhere throughout Europe.