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Item
PP-21 Sarreguemines Charger
Description: Here's one of those pieces that helps us earn the
"Odd" in Odditiques. This charger or plaque was made by Utzchneider
& Co. in Sarreguemines, France around the turn of the century, but
that's certainly not the odd part. The scene shows a German or Alpine
beer garden, all nicely idyllic right down to the birds in the arbor.
We have one guy with a pipe and hassling the server, one guy passed out
while the server still pours him more beer, one guy off to the side not
looking too happy, and a glass and cards littering the ground. Okay,
nothing new in all that......until you pay attention to scale and
detail and realize that these are all children. I don't know why they
did it or what tradition they're playing with, and I'm sure people
would through an absolute fit if a pottery produced this plate today,
but it's still a quirky delight. You can have fun inviting friends over
and waiting to see if they notice.
The
primary decoration is transfer. It looks like there's some
handcoloring, but I think that's more illusion and wishful thinking
that reality. The metal rim is non-magnetic and fairly thin but has a
neat Greek Key variant in the openwork. The metal rim is a bit of
a mystery for me. Something had been splattered on it in the past, so
it had to be cleaned. It doesn't shine up like silverplate but
shines up more than pewter. It could be aluminum, which would be
unusual for that time. The ceramic portion of this piece has a diameter
of about
10" and the total with the trim is about 12 1/2".
Condition: very
good, but there is a chip on the back rim. It doesn't hurt the
aethetics at all, and it also still hangs with no trouble. Of
course, all our sales
are fully guaranteed.
Price:
$195 plus shipping/insurance.
Shipping:
$12.95
for Priority Mail and insurance.
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