Quick info
handmade | porcelain | passe-partout | framed | glazed | size 10 x 11 cm | biography on the back
Detailed description
Miniature porcelain picture "Guiseppe Verdi", framed
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Italy's most renowned composer lived a life full of ups and downs - during which he wrote a number of the most wonderful operas that are still among the most famous in the musical world today.
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.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
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 undergo an initial firing at about 900°C. Next, the glaze will be applied and fired at temperatures between 1,240 °C and 1,445 °C. In renowned manufactories, the porcelain is painted by hand, with each colour being fired individually under strict 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. Each factories label their products with their personal porcelain stamps to indicate their origin.