Crockery & glass journal . , is original throughout, and its produc-tion gives employment to about 10,000 officials andworkmen in the firms nice factories and twentywarerooms in home and foreign countries. Many attempts have been made to imitate it, but so far none has succeeded. The difference between the best imitations and the real Mettlach stoneware is still so great that it does not take an expert to see it. The firm of Villeroy & Boch has made and to-day exactly according to specifications given by themarshal of the imperial household. Sets withemblematic animal designs were made for the
Crockery & glass journal . , is original throughout, and its produc-tion gives employment to about 10,000 officials andworkmen in the firms nice factories and twentywarerooms in home and foreign countries. Many attempts have been made to imitate it, but so far none has succeeded. The difference between the best imitations and the real Mettlach stoneware is still so great that it does not take an expert to see it. The firm of Villeroy & Boch has made and to-day exactly according to specifications given by themarshal of the imperial household. Sets withemblematic animal designs were made for the huntingcastles of the Emperor. Then there is the charmingtoilet set created for the King of Bavaria—a techni-cal masterpiece. Mettlach has been awarded more first prizes atworlds fairs than any other ceramic production,including grands prix at Philadelphia, Chicago andSt. Louis. In the Mettlach inlaid stoneware lines the designsare well-nigh endless. German legends and the TOILET SETS MADE FOR EMPEROR ?WILLIAM
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