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Böttger-Gedenkstele

Böttger Monument

Johann Friedrich Böttger
Schleiz 1682 - Dresden 1719
generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain
(Wikipedia)

Peter Makolies
1982

Description

Relief portrait of Meissen porcelain on a sandstone column.

Inscription(s)

johann
friedrich
böttger
1682
1719

On the back:

hierin den
gewölben der
alten dresdener
festung erfand
böttger 1708
das porzellan
europäischer art

Annotation

Placed at the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Böttger's birth.

Sculptor

Peter Makolies (Königsberg (Preußen) 1936), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Dresden Bilder, Denkmäler.
Stadt- und Reiseführer für Dresden und Umland, Landeshauptstadt Dresden.

Location (N 51°3'10" - E 13°44'44")

Item Code: desn034; Photograph: 23 January 2011
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