European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily by Carol j. Williams associated press rom the list i takes a pro cast Porcora a breadbasket Iron the to i ,".3 rack of Gray dishware t v. . The imposition Leocia in i a j the recent defection to the act cd if lop manager. The polish King a situs the Strong can to credited wih the  european formula Tor producer pc acc a j  and artistic App Recial of i 1  the Veimar period Between the  Aars that kept the Meissen shops  through an otherwise econom Caisy troubled time. Mariana Neu Pori n Days As a Floral pattern Painter Date Back to 1941, when she and other Able bodied women in the town were forced to take up the trades of the husbands and fathers who went off to War. We had to make Money Lor the War Effort so we were under great pressure to produce a lot of Tea sets says the White haired grandmother As she methodically Magazine Law on artistry Albrec Hosburg Castle towers Over the City or Meissen East Germany. Meissen porcelain was first produced at the Castle in the 18th Century. A display of finished China pieces left at the Meissen porcelain works All showing the distinctive Blue onion design. An artist signs the reverse of a plate with the crossed Blue swords the company s trademark above. Dabs a classic Meissen design on a cup. I did this pattern so olten i could feel the motions in my  Naupold recalls How she and the other women worked steadfastly under overseers eyes As they stole glances at the workshop windows to see Llames and smoke pouring from the bombed out ruins of Dresden about 10 Miles to the South soviet occupation of what became today s German democratic Republic followed the War Dole at Meissen wares continued to fetch Good prices so the Enterprise churned Oul dishware Al Lull Speed. Following declaration of the East German state in 1949, the Enterprise became Iho people s state porcelain works a year later. Meissen spokeswoman Betlina schuster says the procedures for turning Oul $10 million Worth of porcelain each year have changed Little through the Ages although most of the pieces Are now shaped in holds in contrast with the hand casting that was relied on earlier. Hallways and vast storerooms within the sprawling compound Are crowded with live and six tier trolleys bearing the pre fired dishes and figures awaiting the artist s Brush. To ensure uniformity Metal stencils Are used to apply a dotted outline of the design to provide a guide for the Painter. Kiosow who has been painting the Blue onion design Lor most of the 22 years she has worked at Meissen says she avoids boredom by trading trays with colleagues so that they can paint different pieces within Iho 740 piece series Tho painted and glazed works Are fired for 3g hours at extremely High temperatures then crated and shipped to a string of distributors for sales and exhibits around the world. About 80 percent of Tho wares Are exported Svith West Germany Austria and Switzerland accounting for More than half of the firm s foreign business a Small Section of the factory like works is devoted to creative design and an honoured Crew of a dozen painters and sculptors is free to produce porcelain works for artistic display or private sales from which the state takes a major share. Monday september 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 13