Meissen Celebrates 300 Years Of Famous Porcelain

DRESDEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 19: A young woman stops to look at the display window of a store of German luxury porcelain maker Meissen on January 19, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. Officially called Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, or Meissener Porzellan, Meissen porcelain was founded in 1710 in Meissen and will celebrate its 300th anniversary on January 23. Meissen porcelain is known for its delicate figurines and its onion-pattern blue and white tableware, though the brand also has a long history of jewellery. Meissen porcelain is still produced by hand in Meissen and is known locally as "white gold" due to its high value. Today over half of its production goes abroad, especially to collectors in Japan and Taiwan. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)