The arcanum
Subtitle: the extraordinary true story
By: Janet Gleeson.
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Böttger, Johann Friedrich, 1682-1719.; Höroldt, Johann Gregor, 1696-1775.; Kändler, Johann Joachim, 1706-1775.; Meissen porcelain.; Porcelain, European.
First sentence: It all began with gold.
Description: Tells the story of how the West learned to make porcelain, focusing on Bottger, who discovered the arcanum, or secret formula; and Harold and Kandler, artists at the new Meissen Porcelain Manufacture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.