Brighella on a pedestal 1710-13 Meissen Manufactory German The first product made at the Meissen factory in Germany was a dense red stoneware created during the factorys inception from 1710 to 1713, after which the ability to manufacture porcelain was realized, and stoneware production was phased out. Most of the stoneware made at Meissen during these three years was in the form of wares, including numerous models of teapots, in particular,[1 as well as coffeepots,[2 tankards,[3 cups and saucers, tea caddies, and other useful objects. Large-scale, more ambitious objects, such as vases, were also made,[4 but the majority of works in red stoneware were functional rather than purely decorative.At this same time a small quantity of sculpture was made in the form of low-relief plaques,[5 portrait heads,[6 and figures derived from Chinese deities (1974.356.319), but figures depicting European subjects were relatively rare. A small-scale figure of August II (1670-1733), commonly known