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Large Sarreguemines Corot Decor Dish
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Sarreguemines, with its Corot pattern, chooses to evoke the world of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, one of the great French landscape masters of the 19th century. A painter of undergrowth, ponds, paths, and countryside bathed in soft light, Corot imposed a vision of nature imbued with silence and poetry that would leave a lasting mark on the decorative arts of his time. By the end of the 19th century, this enthusiasm for landscape extended to faience manufacturers. The table was no longer merely functional. It became a true setting, where rural scenes, distant architectures, birds, and vegetation, in turn, told a story. The Corot model by Sarreguemines fully embodies this spirit. At the center of this large dish, a dwelling can be glimpsed behind tall trees, while the landscape gently recedes towards the horizon. The monochrome print, in a delicate old rose hue, gives the scene that peaceful and slightly ethereal atmosphere which immediately recalls the painter's world. All around, the decoration becomes lighter and almost bucolic. Bouquets of roses punctuate the rim while small birds cross the composition, some carrying a flowering twig in their beak. A wine-red line follows the undulating contour of the dish, delicately highlighting the whole. Measuring 34 × 25 cm, the piece boasts the beautiful proportions of large serving dishes intended for bourgeois tables. Displayed in a china cabinet, on a console, or among a collection of antique faience, it readily takes on the appearance of a small painting. The reverse bears the "Sarreguemines France" mark accompanied by the name "Corot". Its glaze exhibits a fine network of crackles acquired over time, while the border line naturally shows some marks of its age, visible in the photographs. A beautiful testament to an era when great French faience factories brought much more to the table than simple decoration: a landscape, an atmosphere, and a little of the imagination of the great painters of the 19th century.
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- Brand: Sarreguemines
- Style: Landscape
- Style: Pastoral
- Material: Faïence
- Colour: vieux rose
- Colour: lie-de-vin
- Period: 19th century
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ProfessionalSaint symphorien des bois, FranceOn Whoppah since August 2026 • 1 sale