The History of Porcelain — The Dirt That Bought An Army
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The History of Porcelain — The Dirt That Bought An Army
In the spring of 1717, a European king traded an entire regiment of six hundred heavily armed, elite cavalry soldiers to a rival monarch. In return, he received no land, no peace treaty, and no gold. He got exactly 151 vases. This was not a joke; it was a symptom of a continental obsession that bankrupted royal treasuries, triggered a century of corporate espionage, and drove desperate men to the brink of madness just to replicate baked dirt.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 The Six Hundred Dragoons
1:50 The Smoke of Jingdezhen
3:42 Flesh and Bones of the Mountain
5:45 The Thousand-Degree Dragon Kilns
7:34 The Portuguese Carracks Arrive
9:41 The European Porcelain Sickness
11:48 The Glass Illusions of Florence
13:25 The Prisoner of Albrechtsburg
15:35 The 1,300-Degree Barrier
17:38 The Hair Powder Breakthrough
19:24 The Fortress of Meissen
21:21 The Arcanist Defectors
23:13 The Letters of Father d'Entrecolles
25:24 The Calcined Bone Solution
27:05 Wedgwood and the Queensware
29:08 The Taiping Destruction
31:22 The Telegraph Insulators
33:34 The Ceramic Heart of the Engine
35:40 The Unbreakable Laboratory Crucible
38:09 The Two-Dollar Diner Mug
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The History of Porcelain — The Dirt That Bought An Army
Relics & Realms
10,516 views
The History of Porcelain — The Dirt That Bought An Army
In the spring of 1717, a European king traded an entire regiment of six hundred heavily armed, elite cavalry soldiers to a rival monarch. In return, he received no land, no peace treaty, and no gold. He got exactly 151 vases. This was not a joke; it was a symptom of a continental obsession that bankrupted royal treasuries, triggered a century of corporate espionage, and drove desperate men to the brink of madness just to replicate baked dirt.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 The Six Hundred Dragoons
1:50 The Smoke of Jingdezhen
3:42 Flesh and Bones of the Mountain
5:45 The Thousand-Degree Dragon Kilns
7:34 The Portuguese Carracks Arrive
9:41 The European Porcelain Sickness
11:48 The Glass Illusions of Florence
13:25 The Prisoner of Albrechtsburg
15:35 The 1,300-Degree Barrier
17:38 The Hair Powder Breakthrough
19:24 The Fortress of Meissen
21:21 The Arcanist Defectors
23:13 The Letters of Father d'Entrecolles
25:24 The Calcined Bone Solution
27:05 Wedgwood and the Queensware
29:08 The Taiping Destruction
31:22 The Telegraph Insulators
33:34 The Ceramic Heart of the Engine
35:40 The Unbreakable Laboratory Crucible
38:09 The Two-Dollar Diner Mug
If this surprised you, subscribe for more hidden histories behind the objects you use every day.
#history #documentary #porcelain