Sarreguemines | Willow (3 man) | Green & Red | Lunch plate c.1930

This beautiful and unusual Sarreguemines plate in green (quite usual) and ...red (not at all usual). This is old Transferware - check out the slippage on the inner circle - and bears the "full fat" willow pattern i.e. it includes the bridge, fence, little men, fruit tree, pavilion, birds, boat and house on island (not to mention the willow of course).

Fun fact... Sarreguemines is an incredibly famous french pottery factory in a town of the same name which changed nationalities several times; in German the town is known as Saargemünd but you'll never find a piece of pottery stamped Saargemünd.

During the time Sarreguemines (the place) was a German territory,  Sarreguemines (the factory) was run by its director a man named Paul Utzschneider. 

If the backstamp of these ceramics is Sarreguemines that means it was produced either before the territory became German, or after it reverted to France in 1919... but, if it is marked Utzschneider & Cie it was produced in the 50 year period 1870-1919.

Same factory, utterly different names and naming convention. Yes, porcelain mysteries are like women... enigmatic.