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[Victorian Clothing, Jewelry, Furniture, and more...] The figurines would soon achieve the status of high fashion and were used as decoration upon banquet tables at the European courts and mansions of high class society. Realizing the type of customer that was attracted to this art and the high demand for it, the Meissen factory placed the production of porcelain figurines at the highest level of importance.

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