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  "thread": {
    "id": 5462,
    "subject": "dresden china exhibit",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2009-06-30T23:09:33+00:00",
    "last": "2009-06-30T23:09:33+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<BLU109-W21C23EC90C76E668CBA4D992310@phx.gbl>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Ashley Crill",
        "address": "ash_crill at hotmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2009-06-30T23:09:33+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) dresden china exhibit",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "Dresden china lays claim to being the first European hard paste porcelain.\nThe story goes that an apothecary and his alchemist assistant reverse\nengineered the secret of hard paste porcelain, a secret which had been the\nexclusive province of the Middle Kingdom since the Tang dynasty. The\napothecary died before the Meissen factory went into production, so the\napothecary wound up with most of the personal profits. Wolfe doesn't mention\nthis factoid in Peace, but it's a curious background item not much different\nfrom the Tilly/Smart partnership."
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          "text": "If you're interested in early German porcelain I highly recommend the Dixon Gardens & Gallery in Memphis.\nThey have a great collection of porcelain and pewter from Germany as well as a beautiful collection of American Impressionist paintings."
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