Mirror with two oriental figures, adorned with “Laub und Bandelwerk”

Founded in Vienna in 1717 by the Dutchman Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, the factory named after him was the second in Europe, after Meissen, to produce hard-paste porcelain. The decorative reper-toire of Du Paquier porcelain was inspired by contemporary silverware and one of its most characteris-tic and original motifs was its Laub und Bandelwerk (foliage and scrollwork) and monochrome decora-tion. The Museum’s Du Paquier Collection, which was donated by Emanuele Tapparelli d’Azeglio in 1874 and expanded through purchases in 1880-1881, is on show in the Ceramics Gallery on the sec-ond floor.