Among the most well-known and highly regarded manufacturers from the golden age of German beer stein production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is the Villeroy & Boch factory at Mettlach. Located on the grounds of a former Benedictine abbey on the Saar river in southwest Germany, the factory was originally established in 1809 by Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann, who merged with competitor Nicholas Villeroy in 1836 to create the firm of Villeroy & Boch. For more about V&B stein production at Mettlach, see Mettlach Beer Steins: An Introduction.
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