In 1767 Pierre Joseph Boch founded a pottery in Luxembourg. Some years later his son, Jean-Francois founded another pottery at the Abbey of Mettlach, in Germany. However, it wasn't until 1836 that these two factories merged with the Nicholas Villeroy plant in Saar, to form the Villeroy and Boch company.
The early days of this new company was to set the mould for the future as they began to produce a great range of products from steins, wall plaques, drinking cups and even hanging baskets. 1850 saw the introduction of mosaic tiles, and earthenware for domestic use shortly followed in 1853, when a new factory was built in Dresden. Despite major financial hardship in both World Wars along with a major fire in 1921 which destroyed almost all of the companys molds, designs and factor records, the pottery has survived and today produces very high quality porcelain and stoneware dinner ware, tea ware and gift ware.
The objective of this gallery is to display photographs of the many discontinued designs issued by Villeroy and Boch. These designs will include retired tableware, collectibles and giftware. We hope that this will serve as a useful point of reference for those people trying to identify their retired dinner sets, tea services and collectables.
Should you see a flashing lightbulb like the one below, then there is a special offer on the Villeroy & Boch design you are viewing. Clicking on the lightbulb will take you directly to our Special Offers page.
Development of these pages is on ongoing project so keep checking back.
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Amapola |  |
Easy (White) |
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Geranium |  |
Granada |
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Unknown 4 |  |
Unknown 5 |
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Unknown 6 |  |
Viva (Red) |
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Viva (Yellow) |
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