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Plate (part of a set)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1810

Plate (part of a set) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lustreware

Dimensions

7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Pottery

Culture

French, Sarreguemines

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Sidney H. and Helen M. Witty, 1964

Accession Number

64.173.70

Art Historical Context

This elegant plate, part of a larger set crafted around 1810 in Sarreguemines, France, exemplifies the region's renowned ceramic tradition. Produced at a time when Napoleonic France fostered industrial innovation, Sarreguemines manufactories like Utzschneider specialized in durable faience pottery, blending functionality with decorative flair. Measuring just 7⅜ inches in diameter, this piece would have graced bourgeois dining tables, showcasing everyday luxury. The standout feature is its lustreware medium—a technique involving metallic oxides fired over a glazed surface to create a shimmerin...

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