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Large Art Nouveau Sarreguemines Slipware Platter
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At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Art Nouveau brought nature into interiors and transformed everyday objects into true decorative compositions. Sarreguemines fully participated in this movement with its slipware productions, utilizing relief, color, and free forms to give ceramics an almost organic presence. This large dish offers a particularly beautiful illustration of this. Its rectangular design breaks free from any rigidity with a deeply undulating outline, rhythmically punctuated by curves and scrolls. At its center, generous foliage unfolds in high relief. The leaves, individually modeled, appear to rest on the surface, such is the contrast of their volume with the background. Around them, the decoration continues its movement into the borders, as if the vegetation itself had shaped the dish. The glazes give the piece its full depth. The bright yellow of the center gradually transitions towards orange tones before meeting the deep reddish-brown of the edges. The greens of the foliage, nuanced with olive and highlighted with lighter tones, further accentuate the impression of relief. The fine natural crazing of the enamel, acquired over more than a century, now brings a particularly appealing texture to this palette. With its approximately 36 cm in length and 23 cm in width, this dish possesses a remarkable presence. Its generous proportions and sculptural decoration allow it to be envisioned equally well presented on a table or console, or displayed vertically among a collection of antique ceramics. The Sarreguemines mark molded on the reverse, accompanied by the number 8261 and manufacturing marks, connects the piece to the historical productions of the manufactory. Its aesthetic allows it to be placed around 1900, in the full Art Nouveau period, when European manufactories drew heavily from the botanical repertoire and celebrated the flowing lines inspired by the natural world. Preserved in very good condition for its age, with the nuances and patina of the enamel that now belong to its history, this large dish brings together what antique Sarreguemines slipware offers most alluringly. Recognized French craftsmanship, an extraordinary richness of glazes, and that vegetal exuberance characteristic of the early years of the 20th century. A decorative piece in its own right, born when a domestic object could still become, through the sole work of clay and enamel, a piece of nature within the home.
Additional details:
- Brand: Sarreguemines
- Material: Barbotine
- Material: Émail
- Colour: Brun
- Colour: Olive
- Period: autour de 1900
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CategoryDecorative ObjectsConditionVery goodColorsYellow, Orange, Green, RedMaterialCeramicStyleArt NouveauSeller locationSaint symphorien des bois, FranceDelivery optionsDelivery or pickup
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ProfessionalSaint symphorien des bois, FranceOn Whoppah since August 2026 • 2 sales