Sarreguemines - Dinner set (43) - Earthenware

Very beautiful faience tableware service from Sarreguemines - off-white color with a central decor depicting a rural scene - a farm with a person and his dog in a natural setting - in brown - green - pink - soft yellow - along the edge small bouquets of wildflowers - a gold trimming around the rim - the rim is slightly undulating in the 18th century taste.
Each piece bears the stamp - Sarreguemines-Digoin - France - model "Vieux Marseille".
This model was produced as a coffee or tea service.
The Sarreguemines Factory (Lorraine) has existed since 1784 - in 1876 - it opened a new factory at Digoin and a warehouse at Vitry-le-Francois in the Marne - in 1978 - the Digoin Factory specialized in porcelain production.
The Sarreguemines Factory is renowned for its tableware - its quality and its patterns.
Over the years it has managed to pass on its ancestral know-how.
16 flat or service plates - diameter 24 cm - depth 2.5 cm.
10 deep plates - diameter 23.5 cm - depth 4 cm.
12 dessert or entremet plates - diameter 18.5 cm - depth 2 cm.
1 round flat plate - slight edge nick - see photo with label - diameter 28 cm - depth 3 cm.
1 round hollow plate - diameter 27 cm - depth 5.5 cm.
1 round cake plate with handles -1 small nick on back - see photo with label - diameter 27.5 cm - width with handles 29.5 cm - depth 2.5 cm.
1 oval-shaped sauce boat - length 21 cm - width 14.5 cm - depth 3 cm.
1 oval sauce tureen - height 7 cm - length of spout to handle 20 cm.