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Vieux Luxembourg is a porcelain design used by

Villeroy & Boch Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a French-German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland. History The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set ...

. One of the oldest

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porcelain Porcelain (), also called china, is a ceramic material made by heating Industrial mineral, raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The greater strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to oth ...

manufacturers,

’s first pattern, Vieux

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

is still in production. Villeroy and Boch’s Vieux Luxembourg is reminiscent of the designs that were imported from the

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during the 16th and 17th centuries. The porcelain body of Vieux Luxembourg is accented with a

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rim and

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trim. Floral sprays are spread across the body of each piece. For Villeroy & Boch, that step was the establishment of a pottery in

Audun-le-Tiche Audun-le-Tiche (; ; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Location and rail links Audun-le-Tiche is located adjacent to Esch-sur-Alzette, on the border with Luxembourg, and close to the borders of Germa ...

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on April 1st, 1748 their first pattern, Vieux Luxembourg. Just a few decades later, the enterprise counted among the finest of European craftsmen, acclaimed as “Francois Boch et Freres, Manufacture Imperiale et Royale” of

Septfontaines Septfontaines (, ) is a small town in western Luxembourg. It is part of the commune of Habscht, in the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. It had a population of 378 as of 2024. Septfontaines Castle is one of the cas ...

, near the city of Luxembourg.

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Assiette speciale "Vieux Luxembourg" pour la viste officielle du Grand Duc du Luxembourg
Luxembourgian art Individual patterns of tableware German porcelain