a high-
quality doll made in Meissen,
Germany, near the city of Dresden. Parts of the
doll, such as the head and hands, are made from Dresden
china, a
delicate highly-polished
porcelain named after the city Dresden. The
fine white
porcelain produced by the Meissen
factory, established in 1710 and
run by
German chemist Johann Bottger (1682-1719), includes elaborately decorated tableware, realistic
porcelain flowers, statuettes, vases,
group figures and candelabra. The
factory produced the highest
quality porcelain in Europe for more than a century and was still making
porcelain at the end of the twentieth century.