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For Villeroy & Boch, that step was the establishment of a pottery in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine on April 1st, 1748 their first pattern, Vieux Luxembourg. Just a few decades later, the enterprise counted among the finest of European craftsmen, acclaimed as “Francois Boch et Freres, Manufacture Imperiale et Royale” of Septfontaines , near the ...
In 1812 Jean-François Boch began construction of kilns at the nearby town of Mettlach, Saarland. In 1824 Boch commenced transfer printing on porcelain from engraved copper plates. On 14 April 1836, the Jean François Boch company merged with that of the competitor, Nicolas Villeroy, and became Villeroy & Boch, (V&B, also simply 'VB'). In 1869 ...
Villeroy & Boch: Mettlach, Saarland: Germany: Established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France; the company was established in 1748, but it began to produce porcelain wares only in 1766 1768: Plymouth porcelain: Plymouth, Devon: England: Moved to Bristol 1770–1781, New Hall 1781-1835 1770: Spode: Stoke-on-Trent: England
The Blue Onion pattern was designed by Johann Gregor Herold in 1739 likely inspired by a Chinese bowl from the Kangxi period. The pattern it was modelled after by Chinese porcelain painters, featured pomegranates unfamiliar in Saxony, so the plates and bowls produced in the Meissen factory in 1740 created their own style and feel.
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The earliest variation is Plain Bowl, with a wider range of basic forms than Carinated Bowl, including high shoulders, S-shaped rims, developed rims, some closed forms, and coarser fabrics than the thin-walled CB. [7] [8] Plain Bowl, like CB, is widely distributed across the British Isles. [7] Hembury Ware is a specific type of Plain Bowl found ...
'Blue flowers/patterns') covers a wide range of white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide. The decoration was commonly applied by hand, originally by brush painting, but nowadays by stencilling or by transfer-printing , though other methods of application have also been used.