Quick info
handmade | porcelain | passe-partout | framed | glazed | size 10 x 11 cm | biography on the back
Detailed description
Miniature porcelain picture "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", framed
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): The "child prodigy" of music history - still considered the greatest genius of classical music.
The miniature portrait was transferred by hand onto fine Thuringian porcelain and fired twice. The porcelain picture is mounted on a fabric passe-partout and atmospherically framed in a handmade frame made of ramin wood with veneered poplar root wood and glazed dust-proof. Size 10 x 11 cm. On the back of the picture is a biography with the most important dates of his life.
Ceramic product made of kaolin, quartz and feldspar.
Porcelain is formed by turning or pressing and figurative objects are cast. Complex objects have to be cast in separated steps and sections and then "assembled". After the moulding, the pieces are dried and "annealed" at about 900 °C. Next, the glaze will be applied and fired at temperatures between 1,240 °C and 1,445 °C. In renowned manufactures, the porcelain is painted by hand whereby each colour has to be fired individually and in compliance with narrow temperature tolerances.
Porcelain was invented in China and became widespread in Europe from the 16th century onwards. The first European porcelain factory was founded in Meissen, Germany in 1710.
Other famous European porcelain factories include Fürstenberg, Höchst, Schwarzburger Werkstätten, Lladró, Nymphenburg, KPM, Augarten, Sèvres, Limoges, Royal Copenhagen, Worcester. Individual factories label their products with their personal porcelain stamps so that for the collecter it is easy to identify their origin.