It was the Duke Karl I of Braunschweig who was the driving power to set up the porcelain production at the factory at Fürstenberg. In 1747 he started his attempts to 'buy' the arcanist Johannes Benckgraff (at that time director of the Höchst factory). It took him a few years to get that far, but in 1751 real porcelain was made in Fürstenberg.

Till the end of the 18^th Century, it was mostly the high quality of the painting that brought the factory to the top. The painters Johannes Zechinger, who also came over from Höchst, and Johann Friedrich Weitsch were responsible for that.
In the early 19^th Century the times were changing... A lot of efforts had to be made to prevent the factory of going bankrupt. It took several decades before the factory of Füstenberg regained its place amongst the upper class of the German porcelain business. Being transformed into a stock company in 1876, the factory is still operational.

During its lifetime the ownership of the factory has changed a few times, also resulting each time in a new company name:

• 1747 - 1807: Herzoglich Braunschweigische Porzellan Manufaktur
• 1807 - 1813: Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur
• 1813 - 1876: Herzoglich Braunschweigische Porzellan Manufaktur
• 1876 - 1956: Fürstenberger Porzellanfabrik AG
• 1956 - today : Fürstenberg Ehemalige Herzoglich Braunschweigische Porzellanmanufaktur GmbH AG

Besides table wares and figural porcelain, the Fürstenberg factory is maybe most well known for the production of vases.

The factory mark of Fürstenberg has always been the "F" monogram. It was introduced in 1753 and never really changed until today.
From 1900 sometimes a crown was added to the mark. This became permanent as from 1918.