Johann Freidrich Bottger or Botticher (1682-1719)

Johann Freidrich Bottger or Botticher (1682-1719) German chemist and ceramicist, originator of Dresden china. To protect the trade secrets, he and his colleagues were evacuated from Dresden when Sweden invaded Saxony in 1706. Under royal patronage, in 1708 he became director of large ceramic factories, and in 1715 he perfected European white porcelain. In 1716 he was put in prison for trying to sell the secret of the process. From Der Stein der Weisen'. (Leipzig, circa 1895)

1706 1708 1715 1716 Bottger Ceramicist Ceramics Colleagues Dresden Evacuated Freidrich Invaded Leipzig Originator Patronage Perfected Protect Secrets Sell Stein Weisen

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