Chinese ceramic technology spread a thousand years ago, Chinese people will kaolin clay mixed with white, burned out of a warm-clear, both rigid and fragile new works of art. When the porcelain in the 16th century a large number of shipping to Europe, the whole high society was about to whom crazy. 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe, a symbol of royal porcelain wealth and status. So delicate exquisite things in the end how made? Many people obsessed with them, still could not find a trace of clues. Meissen porcelain factory in Germany, is Europe's first unlock the "white gold" of the mystery of porcelain manufacturing plant.
January 23, 1710, the Duchy of Saxony Augustus II, a large public in Latin, French, German and Dutch royal decree published, announced in the Duchy of Saxony has developed exactly the same with the Chinese porcelain artifacts. June 6, the same year, in order to prevent leakage of confidential porcelain factory and secret migration. This was to monopolize the "white gold" of the secret production of raw materials only by the Duchy of formula Warlock, inventor of porcelain and Augustus Porter Eagle II Grand Duke and a very few people master every aspect of the production process is relatively independent, cross-sector workers may not know the production status.
Nevertheless, the production is still a secret betrayed the workers, so rumor to Vienna, Venice and other places, and the whole Europe to master the secret of porcelain production in China. The evolution and development of Vienna porcelain Vienna porcelain long known for its rich and beautiful painting, and with the time change, forms, colors vary. Early painted a formality, with oriental characteristics of flowers, then prevalent in Europe at that time based on the popular pattern is more natural realism of the flowers, foliage and a pattern of bands, a single black paintings, often of animals and hunting as the theme of the painting, with China's dynamic and interesting figurines and so confident. London's Victoria and Albert Museum Vienna collection are now manufactured ceramics pottery was produced from about 1719 to 1864.
In 1740, there have been painted dark red flowers, natural realism Vienna porcelain. Junior Konrad von Tal from the root management Vienna potteries, the neo-classical style accounted for the highest position, the artistic skills are miniature painting. After crossing technique using gold, jewel-like dishes such as showing the appearance. At the same time, the new background, such as dark blue, dark brown and bright yellow has developed out of, and used to cover the outside of the containers, leaving only a small surface area for copying the landscape, characters, etc.
In 1792, Anton Grassi in the journey to Italy to collect a number of ancient art design, which makes the classical and Renaissance works of greatly increased. This workshop since 1805, began to decline, closing down in 1864, and later to resume production. Historically, the Austrian "Jingdezhen" Olympic Park, porcelain workshops and competitive as business issues, after several twists and turns, the size also shrinking. But it has so far remained strictly preserved traditional hand-made craft. It is produced with pink roses, green leaves, black ink composition of the vessels, or lifelike knight riding school horse so loved by tourists, of course, also very expensive. The workshop production of each product is marked with the date, producers and other data, it marks the emblem of the city of Vienna.