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3 unusual facts about Royal Porcelain Factory


Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin

In 2011, KPM designed the exterior and interior of a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport “L’Or Blanc” in cooperation with the car manufacturer.

After the triumphant success of a vase collection launched in 1994, KPM presented the BERLIN dinner service, created in cooperation with the Italian modernist designer Enzo Mari.

Under Frederick the Great’s successor, his nephew Frederick William II, the manufactory became a technologically leading enterprise.


Judenporzellan

Judenporzellan (literally "Jewish Porcelain") is a designation for inferior porcelain produced by the Royal Porcelain Factory owned by Frederick the Great in the late 18th century.


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Michael Sigismund Frank

In 1818 Maximilian appointed Frank painter in glass at the royal porcelain factory in Munich, with a salary of 800 florins annually.