"Burgherdragt Serving set", eight-piece porcelain cake/pastry set manufactured by Villeroy and Boch

"Burgherdragt Serving set", eight-piece porcelain cake/pastry set manufactured by Villeroy and Boch

• Manufacturer: Villeroy & Boch / Nutroma
• Date of manufacture: 1960s - 1970s

From Hindeloopen to Walcheren

Description
Beautiful porcelain eight-piece cake set manufactured by the Villeroy and Boch company. This set consists of a pastry plate, a cake dish and six plates. The official name is Burgherdragt Serving Set.

The various parts are provided with images of different costumes from various regions. This entire set could previously be collected together with stamps from Nutroma.

• Pastry plate traditional costume Zaanstreek 1780
• Cake dish traditional costume Walcheren 1860
• Plates traditional Hindeloopen 1840, Hindeloopen 1860, Groningen 1865, Axel 1925, Middelburg 1939, Huizen 1940

Condition
This set is in a neat condition with normal minimal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. No rips, cracks or broken pieces. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

• Pastry plate: L x W = 27.5 x 27.5 cm. H. 2 cm.
• Cake dish: L x W = 26 x 13 cm. H. 2 cm.
• Plates: L x W = 12.5 x 12.5 cm. H. 2 cm.

Villeroy & Boch AG is a European company with headquarters in Mettlach in the Saarland (Germany). The company makes both sanitary and table culture. The table culture department comprises porcelain services (plates, coffee and tea services) and porcelain decoration. In the second half of the 20th century, cutlery and objects in crystal were also added (crystal dinnerware, carafes, gift items).

The company started in the village of Audun-le-Tiche in Lorraine, where François Boch and his three sons started a pottery workshop in 1748. In 1767 the company moved to nearby Luxembourg as a result of the annexation of Lorraine by France. The company thus faced competition from numerous French pottery producers and was also cut off from its largest market, Luxembourg. The company obtained exemption from import and export taxes from the Austrian administration of the then Southern Netherlands. The company settled in Septfontaines and was transformed into a porcelain factory. In 1809 Jean-François Boch opened a factory in Mettlach, Germany. On April 14, 1836, the company merged with that of Nicolas Villeroy to become Villeroy & Boch (V&B).

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