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2. Villeroy & Boch - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Vieux Luxembourg - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Porcelain manufacturing companies in Europe - Wikipedia

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   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

5. Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain (or Mennecy porcelain) is a French soft-paste porcelain from the manufactory established under the patronage of Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1695–1766) and—from 1748—housed in outbuildings ("les petites maisons") in the park of his château de Villeroy, and in the nearby village of Mennecy (Île-de-France). [1]

6. Marie-Louise O'Murphy - Wikipedia

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   Marie-Louise O'Murphy (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.lwiz ɔ‿.myʁ.fi]; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814) was a French model who was the youngest lesser mistress (petites maîtresses) of King Louis XV of France, and the model for François Boucher's painting The Blonde Odalisque, also known as The Resting Girl. [1]

7. Madeleine Angélique de Neufville - Wikipedia

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   During Villeroy's residence at the chateau she allowed it to become a refuge for Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Following the death of the Marshal-Duke of Luxembourg in 1764, Villeroy opened her Paris house to the great noble, artistic and literary names of the city, using her enormous fortune from her two marriages to become a major patron of the arts ...