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Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach
Mettlach, Saarland.
Hersteller / Manufacturer.
Known dates: 1809 to the current day. Founded by Jean-François Nikolaus Boch III. Born 1782. Died 1858
Production of relatively low quality steins began in the early 1840's. However it was the products sent to the World Exhibition, held in Antwerp in 1885, which gave us the works of art we know today. Production reduced considerably around 1912, due to recession in Europe. Then in 1921 a disastrous fire destroyed all the moulds, manufacturing secrets and documentation of the Mettlach factory. Stein production restarted again in the 1970's.

The following designers either designed the pottery for Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach, or put their designs on standard pieces.
P.B. (name unknown)  R.Buch  MC (name unknown)  T.C. (name unknown) Bertha Czegka  H.D. (name unknown)  Emil Dorner  Ludwig Foltz II  H. Fuchs  C.Görig
Ignatz Guggenburger  Matthias Hein  Adolf Hengeler Ludwig Hohlwein  Otto Hupp  C.K (name unknown)  G.K.(name unknown)  Nikolaus Lessel  Carl Moos
Adelbert Niemeyer  Fritz Quidenus  Richard Riemerschmid   Franz Ringer  August Roeseler  Heinrich Schlitt  Hans.W.Schultz.
Johann Baptist Stahl  Franz von Stuck  Christian Warth  E. Winterwerber

References: Villeroy & Boch  Walt Vogdes  Walt Vogdes 2  Porcelain Marks & More  Capacity Marks  Dr. Thérèse Thomas  Character Steins Catalogue

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 0056
Impressed mark. Dated 1836 - 1855
Not necessarily from the Mettlach factory.

Old impressed mark on stein
currently known as Mettlach #42.
Not necessarily from the Mettlach factory.

Castle stein with turret handle.
Impressed "32" with "9" or "6" to the side. Proven to be one of Foltz's designs made prior to the 1885 catalogue.
Possible dates c.1860 - c.1885.
Not necessarily from the Mettlach factory.

Barrel stein. Impressed "675" with "7" to the side.
Possibly one of Foltz's designs made prior to the 1885 catalogue. Possible dates c.1860 - c.1885.
Not necessarily from the Mettlach factory.

Applied mark 1844 - c.1860

Applied mark 1844 - c.1860

Applied mark 1852 - 1872.
Not necessarily from the Mettlach factory.

Applied mark 1852 - 1872.
Not necessarily from the Mettlach factory.

Mark on the base of #216, date 1860's - 1870's,
on a stein thought to be designed by Ludwig Folz II.

Villeroy & Boch 40
Impressed "Patent Mark", used between 1880 - 1899.
This example dated c.1882.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 31
Impressed "Abbey" Mark. 1882 - 1931.
This version dated 1899.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 29
Impressed "Abbey" Mark. Reg. U.S. Patent Office,
created for the Chicago Exhibition of 1893.
This version dated 1911.

. Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 47
Ink stamps on a blank #1526, dated 1896. "Mercury" Ink stamp. 1874- 1909. Marked "Made in Germany" due to the British Parliamentary "Merchandise Marks Act" of 23rd of August 1887. The origin of the D.H.H.N.O. is unknown at present.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 0047
"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1905 - 1909.
Charles E. Hires Co. root beer. This version dated 1907.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 19
Coloured ink stamp, dated 1926. This mark #1526/566 was one of only three issued.

Villeroy & Boch 41
Impressed "Abbey" Mark. 1882 - 1931.
c/w "Gegen Nachbildung Geschützt", dated 1891.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 0036
Modern Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach impressed mark,
dated 1976.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 11-8-11-1
Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1856 Postal Eagle, dated 1898

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 38
"V&B Delft" painted mark. Mould #5013.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 008
Impressed "Combined VB" Mark. 1885 - 1895.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 26
Moulded "Banner" mark. Believed to be circa 1883 - 1888.
N.B. date figures for 1883 - 1887 are shown inside a rectangle.

Impressed "Patent" mark used between 1880 and 1899.
N.B. date figures for 1883 - 1887 are shown inside a rectangle, this particular example is 1885.

Impressed "Abbey" Mark. 1882 - 1931.
c/w "Gegen Nachbildung Geschützt",
N.B. date figures for 1883 - 1887 are shown inside a rectangle, this particular example is 1887.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 18
Impressed "Patent" mark used between 1880 and 1899.
N.B. This example shows the date year written in full, i.e. 1883.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 15
"Abbey" Ink stamp. Reg. U.S. Patent Office, created for the Chicago Exhibition of 1893. This version dated 1914. (U.S.A entered WW1 in 1917.)

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 37
"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1874- 1909. Marked "Made in Germany" due to the British Parliamentary "Merchandise Marks Act" of 23rd of August 1887. "Plaque" Ink stamp circa 1888 - 1902. This version dated 1892. The Plaque mark applies only to P.U.G pieces, handpainted from a transfer outline.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 12
Impressed "Patent" mark used between 1880 and 1899.
This version dated 1885.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 10
"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1874- 1909

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 12-5-9-1
"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1874- 1909

Mercury mark on plate, dated between 1947 and 1956.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 0049
Moulded "Banner" combined with impressed "Abbey" mark. Believed to have been used between
1883 - 1888. This example is 1884.

"V&B Delft". Painted mark. Between 1894 - 1925/7.
This version dated 1913.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 30
"Abbey" Ink stamp. Reg. U.S. Patent Office, created for the Chicago Exhibition of 1893.
This version dated 1915. (U.S.A entered WW1 in 1917.)

Impressed "Abbey" Mark. Reg. U.S. Patent Office.
This version dated 1936.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 22
"Mercury" Ink stamp, 1874- 1909. Marked "Made in Germany" due to the British Parliamentary "Merchandise Marks Act" of 23rd of August 1887. This version dated 1908.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 13-3-28-2
Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1526, Dec.590, dated 1894.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach #1526, Dec.590, dated 1894 as featured stein immediately above."Plaque" Ink stamp between 1888 - 1902. This mark applies only to P.U.G pieces, handpainted from a transfer outline.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 17
"Abbey" impressed mark c/w Saar-Basin which existed between 1920 - 1935. This version dated 1929.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 16
"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1874- 1909. Marked "Made in Germany" due to the British Parliamentary "Merchandise Marks Act" of 23rd of August 1887 / Impressed "Abbey" Mark. 1882 - 1931. This version dated 1897.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 34
"V&B Delft". Painted mark. Between 1894 - 1925/7

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 002
Impressed "Abbey" Mark. 1882 - 1931 c/w impressed "Patent" mark 1880 - 1899. This version dated 1885.
This stein is signed, C. Warth.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 5
Impressed "Abbey" Mark. 1882 - 1931.
This version dated 1895.

Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach 3
"Plaque" ink stamp. Circa 1888 - 1902. This mark applies only to P.U.G pieces, handpainted from a transfer outline.

The Villeroy & Boch identification is unusually on the stein side on this #1909/Dec702, dated 1892.

"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1921- 1933. Saar-Basin.

"Mercury" Ink stamp. 1921- 1933. Saar-Basin.
This example on a #1526 stein, dated 1929.

Ink stamp believed to be a post WWII mark from the Mettlach factory, used by the Forces Françaises en Allemagne.

Modern Villeroy & Boch - Mettlach impressed mark,
dated 1979.