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Mettlach, Germany, is a town known for manufacturing beer steins at the Villeroy and Boch factories since about 1842. They made all types of pottery.
It started in 1809 when Pierre-Joseph Boch established a company in the remains of a cathedral built in 786 A.D. To avoid destroying the trees used for the factory’s fuel, a coal-burning kiln was developed by 1816. Famous artists were hired to create the designs. There were eight V&B factories making ceramics.
In 1836, Mettlach merged with Villeroy & Boch, forming a company run by Eugene, son of Pierre-Joseph. Modern improvements continued. They adopted new styles, new products like tableware and new types of ceramics. After a fire destroyed the factory and records in 1925, they reproduced many old items.
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Mettlach, Germany, is a town known for manufacturing beer steins at the Villeroy and Boch factories since about 1842. They made all types of pottery.
It started in 1809 when Pierre-Joseph Boch established a company in the remains of a cathedral built in 786 A.D. To avoid destroying the trees used for the factoryâs fuel, a coal-burning kiln was developed by 1816. Famous artists were hired to create the designs. There were eight V&B factories making ceramics.
In 1836, Mettlach merged with Villeroy & Boch, forming a company run by Eugene, son of Pierre-Joseph. Modern improvements continued. They adopted new styles, new products such as tableware and new types of ceramics. After a fire destroyed the factory and records in 1925, they reproduced many old items.
EATONTON Here in the heart of Georgia’s Piedmont, Native American history has been said to date back as much as 3,000 years long before the first dairy farm came about in Putnam County, and long before Joel Chandler Harris began writing folk tales which were popular in his day, but not so much anymore.
Although it would probably be politically incorrect in these times to create an Uncle Remus narrating stories, the lessons and logic of those tales remain celebrated and useful for their insightfulness. Our world is abundantly populated with folk slugging the tar baby today.
Harris was not the only celebrated author to hail from these parts. Additionally, the list includes poet Louise Prudden Hunt; Alice Walker, author of the novel “The Color Purple;” and David Driskell, leading scholar and promoter of African-American art.
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