The origins of Meissen porcelain can be traced back to 1708, when Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, a scientist and alchemist, began experimenting with porcelain. After Tschirnhaus's death in October of that year, Johann Friedrich Böttger, another alchemist, continued Tschirnhaus's work and brought the porcelain to market with the help of King Augustus the Strong of Poland and Elector of Saxony. The first porcelain in Europe was made using kaolin from Saxony, Germany.
