Set of 2 Antique Sarreguemines Porcelain Plates with Floral Motifs

Set of 2 Antique Sarreguemines Porcelain Plates with Floral Motifs. Made between 1860-1919. Good condition, no chips or cracks.

Dimensions: 7" in diameter.


About Sarreguemines:
Sarreguemines was established in 1784. Then the territory was French, but it became German ninety years later. The company originally made only earthenware but by the turn of the century was producing fine stoneware and using unusual mixtures of clay for their body.

They enjoyed great success during the Empire period and Napoleon, who was a patron, conferred the Légion d’Honneur on Paul Utzshneider, the director of the company. A variety of colours and designs was used and a wide range of domestic utility, decorative and ornamental wares were made. By the middle of the nineteenth century, though, the colour range had reduced to shades of brown and beige. In the second half of the century a range of domestic wares was introduced with relief decoration in the form of leaves and vines.