So You Think You Have All the Mettlach Book Steins?
By Walt Vogdes
The set of 12 Mettlach "book" steins (model #2001 in its multiple
variations, including Cornell University) are a popular collecting
objective. But do you have the one seen here?
This stein was produced by Villeroy & Boch in 1991 to celebrate 200
years of "ceramic tradition" in Vaudrevange/Wallerfangen, a sister
factory to Mettlach. Like the other steins, the theme of this stein is
scholarly study. The books shown around the body list the authors and
the titles, in this case naming two of our distinguished SCI Master
Steinologists, Thérèse Thomas, and Beatrix Adler. Attesting to the
scholarly theme of the stein is the figural owl thumblift, symbolizing
study. The stein was produced in a limited edition of 500.
The books depicted on this stein are, reading from the area between the
handle attachments, are
- Les Familles Noel de Lys et
Villeroy by G. de Braux
- Seigneurie de Fremersdorf
by A. de Boch
- DIE ROLLE DER FAMILLES BOCH u.
VILLEROY by THERESE THOMAS
- Vaudrevange by HIEGEL
- 1000 Jahre Wallerfagn by
Mailänder Krönenberger
- WALLERFANGEN IN ALTEN ANSICHTEN
- christl. Industribetrieb -
Villeroy & Boch by K. H. Gorges
- Unternehmen im saarl
IndustriegebietI by Hellwig
- Wallerfangen un seine Geschichte
by Th. Liebertz
- Keramik Tradition 1791-1991
by B. Adler
- Florange by Adrian de
Walderfingen
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