Identifier: crockeryglassjou74newy (find matches)
Title: Crockery & glass journal
Year: 1875 (1870s)
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Subjects: Pottery Glass Glassware
Publisher: New York : G. Whittemore & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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nd one of the governmental conditions underwhich Boch was permitted to operate his factory wasthat the fuel used in firing should consist of only-hard coal, whereas up to that time the ceramic indus-try of the Continent was only familiar with wood-fir-ing; he therefore succeeded only after many and longtrials in producing a ware that was marketable. so that on January 1, 1841, the members of the thenfriendly families (and later on related by marriage)of Villeroy and Boch formed the present joint stockcompany, with its headquarters at Mettlach. After their consolidation the factories developedrapidly in consequence of the interchange of experi-ences, introduction of inprovements and new inven-tions, and the greater means, which enabled the erec-tion of agencies and stock depots in various parts ofGermany and other countries, through which the saleof their productions was greatly facilitated and thefirm very soon stood at the head of its class in theceramic industry of Germany. «»>
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**3Fnlal& Stoneware 3&f Vllt«r«? 6l »<xlj. i S3 Besides the earliest productions of the Mettlachsoft calciferous-bodied earthenware, as well as a hard-body earthenware and a porcelain-bodied ware equalto the English ironstone, and which is still made atthe factory to this day, there soon originated newbranches of manufacture. There also developed abetter aesthetic taste in the selection of decorations,and new forms and models were constantly ereated,with the result that their output extended enormous-ly, and the trademark of the firm soon became knownall over the world, so he;ivy that in the sixties the production of thesearticles represented more than half the total outputof this factory. A change in taste occurring soonafter this period, the sale of this class of stonewaredeclined suddenly, and the factory was confrontedwith the task of creating a substitute for these goods.After several years of experimenting they succeededin producing the so called Chromolith Ware, w

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