The Vienna Factory was founded by an Australian court official of Flemish origin called Claudius I du Paquier  (1751) The Meissen workmen C.K. Hunger was persuaded to come to Vienna after he had made preliminary experiments in firing china clay, but, as at several other  factories he went to later , was not successful. However, in (1719) Samuel Stolzel, who was Bottgers kiln master, arrived in Vienna and immediately  porcelain began to be made.  Unfortunately for the factory, Stolzel was not happy with his wages and returned to Meissen in 1720, taking with him J.G Harold.  Though  the porcelain made in Vienna  is extremely attractive,  financially it was not very successful, and in 1744 the factory was taken over  by the Empress Maria Theresa.

Some of the porcelain is difficult to distinguish from the early Meissen porcelain made by Bottger , but it is often slightly bluer and smokier in colour. The decoration on the Du Paquier porcelain is usually different from that on meissen, and the shapes of the wares are often more unusual and imaginative. The style is generally Baroque, and much more of the painting is in black and gold.

European flowers were first used as decoration in about 1730, which is earlier than at Meissen, and were painted in very beautiful  and precise style. 

Vienna became a state factory in 1744.  Artists include,

C.D. Busch and J.G. Klinger who arrived from meissen in 1746 and stayed till his death in 1781. The most famous of the modellers was J.J Neidermayer, who was at the factory from 1747 till he died in 1784.  He was also joined by  L. Dannhauser, who died in 1786, in 1788,  Anton Grassi Succeeded Neidermayer as modelmeister. By this time the factory's style had become neoclassic and Neidermayer's figures were much stiffer and more formal than earlier.

Because of its proximity to the Ottoman Empire, Vienna exported its wares to turkey, particularly during the third quarter of the eighteenth century, these where usually brightly painted  but less finely than those for the domestic market.

The potted dates were impressed underneath each piece , starting with 83 for 1783  and continuing into the nineteen century with 801, and so on.

In 1784 there was a financial crisis and Konrad Von Sorgenthal  became director of the factory and immediately reorganised it. The factory closed in 1864 Later productions, however  were of much coarser quality.