castle along the waterfront, ships in harbor, blue decoration, 11 3/4" circa 1890, excellent....Mettlach, Germany, is the city where Villeroy and Boch worked. Steins from the firm are marked with the word Mettlach or the castle mark They date from about 1842. Styles of Mettlach steins include relief "tree trunk" style, etched, relief, cameo, and print under glaze (PUG)—as well as specialty types. The steins can be dated from the marks on the bottom, which include a date-number code