{"product_id":"antique-french-alsatian-plate-soufflenheim-slipware-circa-1840-to-1880","title":"Antique French Alsatian Plate | Soufflenheim Slipware | c. 1840–1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome plates do not just bring color into a room... they bring energy. This antique French Alsatian plate has that feeling immediately. The orange glaze is warm and alive... but it is the cobalt blue that makes the whole piece sing. It has raised blue flowers at the center that feel almost dimensional. It is the kind of hand-applied decoration that gives old regional pottery so much personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique Soufflenheim slipware plate likely dates from around 1840 to 1880 and comes from the Alsace region in northeastern France. Soufflenheim pottery has a long tradition of decorated earthenware, and this piece carries that regional style beautifully: bold color, hand-applied slip decoration and the kind of surface movement you only get from an experienced artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration was applied with a slip horn, the traditional method used by regional potters. Blue blossoms and soft green leaves run around the rim, while cream slip rings frame the central floral rosette. The cobalt has depth and movement where the glaze shifted in the firing, especially through the central flowers. It is really a wonderful detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rim shows wear in the places a working plate would naturally collect over more than a century. The orange surface carries deep crazing throughout, giving the plate that aged, lived-with texture that makes early pottery feel so good to be around. Turn it over and the back has a deep walnut-brown patina, worn into the terracotta from generations of handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a sideboard, displayed on a wall or or set on the counter where the orange and cobalt can hold their own. It also works wonderfully near green glazed pottery, yellow pottery, old wood or copper. This is not a quiet little plate. It has warmth, age and a strong Alsatian personality that makes the whole room feel warm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670830637399,"sku":"CER-138","price":795.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/french-redware-slipware-plate-hand-painted-19th-century-2.jpg?v=1781032345","url":"https:\/\/theprovencecollection.com\/products\/antique-french-alsatian-plate-soufflenheim-slipware-circa-1840-to-1880","provider":"The Provence Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}