Burgos Sarreguemines glossy earthenware coffee cup and saucer

An extremely rare collector's item, this cup and saucer in fine lustrous Sarreguemines earthenware dates from between 1810 and 1830. A similar example is kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. In 1823 at the world exhibition of French industry, the French Sarreguemines earthenware factory with its new decoration techniques, at the initiative of Paul Utzschneider who directed the factory, was rewarded with a silver medal for its production of decorated pottery. metallic chandeliers. To obtain the burgos, a name derived from a shell the burgau, pink in color, inspired by the English "moonlight", droplets of essence were dispersed on a golden chandelier. Hollow mark of the manufacture under the saucer and under the plate. Luster in the center of the saucer slightly tarnished.

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