Böttger

Böttger, JOHANN FRIEDRICH, improver of the porcelain manufacture, was born 4th February 1682 in Reuss-Schleiz. He became an enthusiast in the search for the philosopher's stone, and found patrons at the court of Saxony. The king, dissatisfied with his gold-making, sought to avail himself of the skill which Böttger really possessed, and the latter was compelled to enter upon those experiments, of which the celebrated Meissen Porcelain was the result (see POTTERY). He died March 13, 1719.