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Sorgenthal had been raised to the nobility by the Austrian court.

The porcelain uses a mark like an upside down beehive which is never symmetrical and is underglaze in blue on the original Habsburg pieces.

Producing between 1718 and 1864 they produced the very finest porcelain that competed with Meissen and Sevres.

The term that rules will always be what collectors recognize, especially when it comes to buying and selling.

They produced exceptional porcelain second to none and equivalent in quality and artistic craftsmanship to their major contemporary competition such as and.

Original and authentic Royal Vienna porcelain from the Hapsburg era are now found only in major Museums and very fine private collections.

After this quality steadily decreased and after an opinion, expressed in the Austrian parliament, that the state itself should not be involved in production, the Vienna Porcelain factory was closed in 1864 The name Royal Vienna or Vienna Porcelain also refers to a style of porcelain painting that became very popular during the late 19th and early 20th century.

He remained director but retired shortly thereafter.

Before then the factory produced rococo style wares.

The pieces from this period are always unmarked which doesn't make it easy to find and figure out.

From 1744 to 1749 the shield mark was applied in red or in blue underglaze, or incised.