Unlike European pottery, porcelain, which Marco Polo brought back from China, was white, translucent and nonporous.
Author of the article: Joe Schwarcz • Special to the Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • A worker immerses a porcelain vessel showing the blue crossed swords in the glaze bath in the Meissen Manufactory in Meissen, Germany, Monday, May 14, 2018. Since 1722 the blue crossed swords mark every piece of porcelain, which is produced in the manufactory of Meissen. In the 300 years and more since it was established by King Augustus the Strong in 1710, Europe s first porcelain manufactory has evolved into an international luxury and lifestyle brand. Photo by Jens Meyer /The Associated Press