Question

Frederick the Great’s tax on Jews forced Moses Mendelssohn to purchase twenty porcelain monkeys, at least one of which was manufactured by this company. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this company with a crossed-swords emblem. This company based in a namesake town became the premier German porcelain vendor after Johann Friedrich Böttger perfected its manufacturing process.
ANSWER: Meissen [or Meissen porcelain or Meissen china]
[10h] Meissen’s blue underglazes partly imitated the style of Imari ware and Kakiemon, two sub-classes of this general Japanese export porcelain style named for the Kyūshū town in which they were manufactured.
ANSWER: Arita ware [or Arita-yaki; accept Hizen ware or Hizen-yaki]
[10e] Meissen’s Blue Onion pattern, itself copied from pomegranates on Chinese porcelain, was mimicked by this English manufacturer of jasperware founded by a Staffordshire potter named Josiah.
ANSWER: Wedgwood
<Ani Perumalla, Visual Fine Arts>

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