History

Historical Pottery & Heritage

The stories behind the clay. Ancient traditions, family lineages, the towns where pottery never left, and the makers who kept something alive that the world could have easily lost.

Saxony, Germany · 1710

The King Who Traded Soldiers for Porcelain

Augustus the Strong wanted Chinese porcelain more than almost anything else in the world. He imprisoned an alchemist to get it. What happened next changed the history of ceramics in Europe forever.