Fig. 131.—Vase and Cover.
Painted with views of public buildings in Dresden.
The white Meissen porcelain was sometimes ornamented by private persons, especially by a Baron Busch, Canon of Hildesheim, who was the only person possessed of the secret of engraving with a diamond on china.
Fig. 132.—Bust of a Girl.
White porcelain.
Fig. 133.—Teapot and Saucer.
Pink ground, painted with landscapes and figures.
Berlin. This manufactory for Hard Paste was established by Wilhelm Caspar Wegeli in 1751, in the Neue Friedrichsstrasse. It was carried on for about ten years, but it never remunerated the originator, and he abandoned it in 1761, when Gottskowski, a celebrated banker, became the purchaser, and removed the works to Leipziger Strasse; assisted by his capital, they were brought to great perfection.
