Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol

Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol (1769–1851) was a Spanish manager of several royal artistic enterprises.

He returned to Spain in 1803, where he was made initially the Director of Labour, and the Director of the Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro in 1807; here he developed hard-paste porcelain which helped in quality production and financial improvement of the company.

[1] He was recalled to Buen Retiro from Paris, on 2 September 1803 and as per records he started working in the factory from October 1803.

He drew raw materials from sites close to Madrid, Vallecas’s scapolite and Galagar's flint.

The magnesium paste developed by him, which he used extensively in the manufacture of Buen Retiro Porcelain was considered unique for its chemical composition which permitted firing under varying temperatures.