The Imperial and Royal Porcelain Factory Vienna

Kk Aerarial Porzellan-Manufaktur Wien. The Imperial and Royal Porcelain factory Vienna was founded in 1718. Emperor Karl VI awarded du Paquier a "special privilege" for the exclusive right to produce porcelain in Austria. It was the second hard paste porcelain factory in Europe, after Meissen. Du Paquier (the founder) sold the factory to the Habsburg "court" in 1744. The Austrian royalty owned and operated the factory from 1744 until it closed in 1864. At the time the factory closed, it was put under museum administration.