The encyclopedia of ceramics, compiled by W. P. Jervis, with much original matter now first published.. (1902)
Jervis, William Percival, 1850- · New York · leaf 594
586 VILLEROY molished results of thirty years’ labor. He died in 1818. His son, Jean Frangois, bought in the year 1809 the Abbey of Mettlach, which had been suppressed by the French Republic, with the intention of founding an earthenware manufactory there. Permission to build it was coupled with… … PIERRE JOSEPH BOCH. At first calciferous ware was made at Mettlach, but about 1832, in order to make stronger ware, the lime was replaced by feldspar. In 1842 the first fine stoneware was manufactured, which laid the foundation of the later special manufacture of drinking vessels and artistic…
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