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Niderviller (German Niederweiler) faience is one of the most famous French pottery manufacturers. It has been located in Niderviller, Lorraine, France since 1735. It also produced porcelain statues in the Meissen style starting in the mid-18th century.
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History
In 1735, Anne-Marie Défontaine, a town noblewoman, decided to put her forests and quarries to a good use by starting a pottery works. She drew on local skills available in Lorraine to gather the proper staff.
In 1763, the company started producing porcelain objects, thanks to the help of workers recruited from Saxony.
Probably because of Sèvres' opposition to this, in 1770, the company was sold by Beyerlé to Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine. Shortly after, it started producing fine earthenware products in the English style.
Developments since 1827
The company was sold to a former partner of Villeroy & Boch in 1827.
Museums exhibiting Niderviller ceramics
Many museums across the world display Niderviller products, including: the Louvre, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, the Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, the Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine, the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg, but also the Smithsonian Institution, Mount Vernon, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vancouver, the Hallwyl Museum in Stockholm and museums in Hamburg, Berlin, Basel, Zürich…