Sarreguemines - Dessert service (12) - Earthenware

series of 'speaking' dessert plates in eggshell-colored earthenware - 'the months of the year' series.
In the center - a grisaille scene of characters - gallant scenes in the 18th-century taste.
The clothes and the décors correspond to the different months of the year.
One can appreciate the finesse and realism of the décors - especially the backgrounds.
On the rim - a brown-color frieze, very elaborate, featuring women in Antiquity - crests - arabesques - foliage - flowers.
Marli mouvementé that recalls the LXV style.
Each piece bears the mark "U & C" with an heraldic winged shield for the Sarreguemines Factory - U for Utzschneider - manufacturer and decorator at the factory in 1850, linked to the famous talking plates.
The Sarreguemines Factory has existed since the 19th century - specialized in producing Art of the Table objects.
This series was extended to other collections - the rim décor was preserved and only the central theme was changed. series - hunting - fishing.........
Diameter 20.5 cm - central design diameter 10.5 cm - rim width 4.5 cm.
some pieces are crazed - yellowed - see photos;