Albrechtsburg Albertinian line. In 1710 King Augustus II the Strong established the "Royal-Polish and Electoral-Saxon Porcelain Manufactory" ("Königlich-Polnische und Kurfürstlich-Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur"), which was the first European hard-paste porcelain manufacture, at the castle under the supervision of Johann Friedrich Böttger. Meissen porcelain was produced at the Albrechtsburg until manufacturing moved to its present location in 1863. Albrechtsburg The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle that dominates the town centre of Meissen in the German state of Saxony. It stands on a hill above the river Elbe, adjacent to the Meissen Cathedral. In 929 King Henry I of Germany subdued the Slavic Glomacze
Meissen porcelain director, that Meissen went back to focus on its old traditions and was also allowed a freer artistic expression. Figurines had been produced under Böttger, when a small white figure of Augustus II the Strong was produced. Johann Joachim Kändler made many of the most famous figures, which initially were made for decorating the tables at grand meals, replacing sugar sculptures. Painted figures were introduced under him. The figures were mostly courtiers, shepherds and shepherdesses (Dresden shepherdess is a proverbial term), animals, allegorical figures such the Seasons, Virtues, or continents, and Chinese and Turkish figures. Kändler also produced a modello