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Jug with Handle

Jug with Handle

around 1730, Du Paquier Manufactory, Vienna (1718–1744)
Porcelain, glazed, polychrome overglaze enamels, gold heightening, silvered Ke 4635
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Figurine group “The Enamored Old Man”

Figurine group “The Enamored Old Man”

around 1750, Vienna Porcelain Manufactory
Porcelain, glazed, colored and gold decoration Ke 7833
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CUP AND SAUCER

CUP AND SAUCER

Vienna, ca. 1806
Manufacturer: Vienna Porcelain Manufacturers Porcelain, glazed, colored painting Ke 4068
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WINE COOLER

WINE COOLER

Vienna, 1740/44
Manufacture: Du Paquier Manufactory, Vienna (1718-1744) Porcelain, glazed, unpainted, sculptural decoration Ke 6797
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Study Collection Ceramics

Study Collection Ceramics

Exhibition view, 1993–2013
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JUG WITH HANDLE

JUG WITH HANDLE

Vienna, ca. 1730
Manufacturer: Du Paquier Manufactory, Vienna (1718-1744) Porcelain, glazed, polychrome overglaze enamels, gold heightening, silvered Ke 4635
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Pipe Tamper

Pipe Tamper

Du Paquier Manufactory, Vienna (1718-1744)
Porcelain, glazed, polychrome overglaze enamels, gold heightening Ke 6577
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Lidded Cup

Lidded Cup

1790, Vienna Porcelain Manufactory
Porcelain, glazed, colored painting, gold decoration Ke 7793
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Jug

Jug

18th cent., 2nd quarter
decoration by in-house painter, pres. J. Bottengruber Porcelain, glazed, Schwarzlot (=sepia enamel), decoration, gold heightening Ke 1537
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Figurine group “The Enamored Old Man”

around 1750, Vienna Porcelain Manufactory

Porcelain, glazed, colored and gold decoration Ke 7833

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Ceramics Study Collection

Curator: Rainald Franz, curator, Glass and Ceramics Collection
Ceramics Study Collection 1993-2013

The artistic heritage of the Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur (Vienna Porcelain Manufactory) changed ownership in 1864, when it was passed to the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry (today’s MAK) where it has since become one of the important collections of ceramics. Almost the entire MAK stocks of porcelain including examples from all eras of production are on display, offering an overview of nearly 150 years of porcelain-making in Vienna. The show is completed by examples from Meissen, which was founded eight years earlier (in 1710) making it Europe’s oldest porcelain producer.

The history of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory can be divided into five periods, each one of which was marked by a distinguished personality. The first person to be granted the privilege to produce and distribute porcelain was Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, granted this permission in 1718 for a period of 25 years by Emperor Karl VI. Under his leadership, mainly dinner services, vases or clocks for specific purposes were manufactured until 1744.

The second, rococo-influenced period from 1744 to 1784, in which especially high-quality porcelain sculptures as well as scenic and floral miniatures were created, is described as the “sculptural period.” It was at this time that the state took over the manufacturing.

Conrad Sörgel von Sorgenthal left his imprint on the classicist production from 1784 to 1805, which is marked by outstanding porcelain painting using gold relief decoration and cobalt blue. Also biscuit ware porcelain—unglazed white vessels or figures—enjoyed particular popularity in classicism. Mathias(1827–33), directors of manufacturing in the Biedermeier era, focused on figure and historical painting, Viennese urban pictures and depictions of flowers.

From the middle of the 19th century, production is relatively insignificant, with the exception of superb individual pieces like, for example, the large format porcelain pictures with flower still-life painting by Joseph Nigg, and the series of biscuit ware busts of prominent figures of the time.

Founded in 1923 and still in existence today, the Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten (Viennese Porcelain Manufactory Augarten) is built upon the tradition of Viennese porcelain manufacturing. With its goal of rejuvenating the old tradition, Augarten resumed production of well-known figurative depictions as well as forms of dinner service from the baroque, rococo and classicist eras. At the same time, cooperation was undertaken with such contemporary artists as Josef Hoffmann, Ena Rottenberg or Franz von Zülow. Founding the Viennese Porcelain Manufactory Augarten filled a gap. Designs which due to the lack of local production facilities had previously been made by foreign manufacturers could now be achieved by means of direct cooperation.
A second area of the rearrangement of 2006/2007 comprises those ceramics which were created at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in Vienna, Bohemia, and Moravia. The closing down of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory in 1864 followed upon the unhindered expansion of the ceramic industry in those countries under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. This development was supported by the foundation of numerous applied arts schools and schools specialized in the ceramic arts, in which both artists and artisans were trained. The events in the last decade of the 19th century, the founding of the Vienna Secession in 1987, and the reformation of the Museum for Art and Industry and the affiliated school, all heralded the arrival of a new era. Both institutions were at the heart of this reform movement.

The Ceramics Study Collection provides an overview of artists’ ceramics in Vienna and the Crown Lands around 1900 with examples from the following manufactories:  Artěl, Arts and Crafts Studio, Prague; Eduard Klablena, Langenzersdorfer Ceramics; Ernst Wahliss, Vienna; Vocational School Znaim; Hugo F. Kirsch, Vienna; Vienna Arts and Crafts School; Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Josef Böck; Vienna Ceramics and the United Vienna and Gmundner Ceramics; Viennese Porcelain Manufactory Augarten; Wiener Werkstätte.

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