The Chinese porcelain dishes and figurines that first arrived in Europe ... the Europeans finally discovered in the mid-18th century, was kaolin, a white clay.) King Augustus II of Poland became ...

That explains why Memaw’s collection of figurines could be worth ... but it took them until the 18th century to figure out how. Europe's first porcelain factory was founded in Meissen, Germany ...

Meissen is German manufacturer credited with pioneering hard-paste porcelain in Europe ... to include the production of figurines, large-scale animals, watches, and tableware, executed in the rococo ...