Marks of Berlin porcelain:
| This indicates Wegeley, and was in use about 1751 to 1761. | The mark of the sceptre was afterward used in various forms. | Another form of sceptre. |
| The globe and cross-mark are found on a few pieces, about 1830. | 1833. | Sometimes these are painted over the sceptre. |
Since 1833 the mark has been a double eagle, surrounded by the words “Porzellan-Manufactur, Königl.”
The mark of Charlottenburg has been the double eagle crowned, holding a sceptre in one hand, a globe in the other.
Vienna Porcelain—Hard Paste.—The Vienna manufactory was started about 1717 to 1720, and was a private enterprise. The principal man was Stenzel, who had escaped from Meissen, and was warmly welcomed at Vienna. He possessed the Meissen secrets, and was able to give character and value to the Vienna ware. The early examples were thicker and coarser than that of Dresden, and the paste was grayer and less pure. It was not till 1744, when Maria Theresa purchased the works, that Vienna porcelain rose to its best estate. This beautiful and capable woman for a long time was a prominent figure in the politics of Europe. Her father, the Emperor Charles VI. of Hapsburg, during his life secured to her the succession of the Austrian throne, by an agreement with the other powers called the “Pragmatic Sanction,” which, however, proved a treacherous security, so that wars and rumors of wars followed her.