Villeroy & Boch is a manufacturer of fine porcelain founded in 1748. Many people are more familiar with its sanitary ceramics products, but in fact, as early as the 18th century, Villeroy & Boch's table porcelain became famous for its practicality and beauty, and the brand's most distinctive features are the densely fired high-quality white porcelain and the unique French classic design. Like the Royal Derby, Villeroy & Boch's porcelain products are of high quality, with a strong sense of artistic design, and can adapt to a variety of mid-to-high-end scenes.
Although Villeroy & Boch's products have experienced a "globetrot" experience, including the world's distinctive looks, the designer prefers French style, and the mid-range collections such as Nova, Monet's Garden, and Colorful Spring are all designed with different characteristic flowers as design elements, with a strong French atmosphere, suitable for families who love romance or graceful pastoral style. The design style of the high-end series is more varied, including different styles such as oriental classical and baroque, which is suitable for a variety of home decoration scenes.
Villeroy & Boch's tableware products are mainly made of high-quality white porcelain improved by the brand itself, but there are also a small amount of bone china,18/10 stainless steelandBorosilicateSalt glassMaterial. The dishes are mainly made of ceramic, the glass products are mainly wine glasses and water utensils, and the stainless steel products are used for hand-held tableware such as knives, forks and spoons.
Compared with brands of the same price range such as Royal Derby and Lenox, Villeroy & Boch's products have low maintenance costs and strong practicality. Its improved high-quality densely fired white porcelain has a higher density, the porcelain is thicker and more durable than bone china, and it will not turn yellow or peel and crack after long-term use, and most of the products can be used directly in the dishwasher and microwave, even if the surface of the dishes is cleaned with steel wool balls, it is not easy to cause damage, and the cleaning procedure is simple, which can save a lot of maintenance time.
Villeroy & Boch's mid-range products are made of improved high-quality white porcelain, with the more popular Mariefleur, Rock, Wild Rose and Nova collections being the most popular. Among them, the sales of Nova, Rock and Wild Rose are evenly divided, but the Nova pattern is more delicate and is loved by people in different shapes. There are fewer high-end products introduced, mainly Amazon Waltz series, luxury Middle East, classic Luxembourg series, the price of a single piece is more than 700 yuan, the material types include bone china and white porcelain, the design style is more diverse, and the home decoration is more suitable for matching.
Both Mariefleur and Nova are typical of Villeroy & Boch's French pastoral designs, and the prices of the two collections are relatively close. Among them, Mariefleur is more popular in overseas markets, its dishes are more colorful, the colors are more complex, the design of utensils and patterns is closer to the 19th century impressionist style, and some leaf-shaped dinner plates are inconvenient to store and place; In contrast, Nova has a slightly simpler exterior design and a more compliant shape that meets the requirements of modern home furnishings.
Mariefleur is a popular collection in overseas markets, inspired by Monet's Garden in Giverny, France, and also known as the "Monet Garden Series" in China. The exterior is dominated by lilac or pale blue water lilies, which are the most common in the garden, and is surrounded by other flower colors such as irises, roses, and tulips, stacking the colorful layers of the garden. The series of dishes is priced at about 240-300 yuan on e-commerce platforms, but the Chinese translation of the series name is different on each platform, and it is recommended to check the English name when purchasing.
Nova series is a more classic French design, with a single piece priced at about 200-280 yuan, mainly round dishes. The main design elements of the series are coriander leaves, purple sage and yellowish Ravizan grass, which are common to the Mediterranean coast of southern Europe. Another ingenuity in the exterior design of the series is that the patterns and shadows are drawn separately and then superimposed and enlarged, so that the depth of field effect of the plants in the natural light can be created.
The Nova series can be put in the dishwasher and microwave, but the size is on the small side, and the bowl size is more suitable for girls, so it is recommended to buy a 24-inch dinner plate for family daily use.
The price of the embossed rock series is about 200-400 yuan, the porcelain surface has a matte marble relief pattern, the texture of the imitation rock is delicate, the appearance has a strong modern industrial style, each type is divided into black and white, the rock texture increases the sense of heaviness, but the hand is not heavy, easy to clean. The depth of the plate is generally small, which is not suitable for holding the soup of Chinese food, but the size of the bowl is slightly larger than that of other series, which is suitable for the amount of rice of different family members.
Amazon Waltz is an improved version of the 2015 Amazon series, and compared with the original square shape, Waltz includes round shapes such as rice bowls and soup bowls, which are more in line with the dining habits of Chinese. The series is priced at 780-1580 yuan for a single piece, and the set starts at 12,000 yuan, which is a series tailored for the high-end market. Motif to German naturalistAlexander S.Von HumboldtThe hand-painted manuscripts are based on the creation, and the rich colors and complex and diverse flora and fauna can actually match the pastoral nature, European classical and other styles.
The luxury Middle East series is one of the few series that uses bone china material, with a single price of more than 780 yuan, and the appearance is designed with Samarkand, the hub of the Silk Road, as the design theme, including more oriental element design, such as silk textures, elephants, and colorful totems, etc., which are suitable for Chinese classical, East Asian style, or exotic home decoration style. However, due to the use of bone china, the products are relatively thin and fragile, and the edges of the dishes and water utensils are gilded, so they should not be used in the dishwasher or microwave.
