Neuer Antrag der "Montanregion Erzgebirge/Krus̆nohoří" für die Aufnahme in die UNESCO-Weltkulturerbenliste

Albrecht, Helmuth

doi:10.52410/shb.bd.64.2018.h.2.s.220-224

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Toward the Goal: Calcareous White Meissen Porcelain1

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“…The next challenge was to obtain a source of suitably white‐firing refractory clay. It was eventually found near Aue in the Saxon Ore Mountains' Schneeberg mining district (Wagenbreth, 2004). Gottfried Pabst von Ohain suggested its use and arranged for a cartload be delivered to Tschirnhaus' laboratory in Dresden on June 25, 1708.…”

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Born of fire: The pursuit of the ‘white gold’

Heimann¹

2023

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For more than 300 years, scores of historians and researchers have vigorously argued about the question who might have been the genuine inventor of European porcelain of Meissen fame: Johann Friedrich Böttger or Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. Although the story of the invention of porcelain has been told countless times, the exact circumstances of its discovery are still shrouded in mystery. For a very long time the palm has been awarded to Böttger, but today, the scale is increasingly tilting toward Tschirnhaus. In this contribution, ancient letters and laboratory notes, and modern phase diagrams and microstructural investigation are being used to paint a picture of royal desire, efficient research organization, arduous labor, ingenious reasoning, but also treason, camouflage, bald lies, and perfidy.

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Section: Toward the Goal: Calcareous White Meissen Porcelainmentioning

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Born of fire: The pursuit of the ‘white gold’

Heimann¹

2023

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Neuer Antrag der "Montanregion Erzgebirge/Krus̆nohoří" für die Aufnahme in die UNESCO-Weltkulturerbenliste

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Born of fire: The pursuit of the ‘white gold’

Born of fire: The pursuit of the ‘white gold’

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