The Museum of the Ways of the Gaudi Palace presents as ‘Piece of the Month’ a tea set from the earthenware factory of Sarreguemines (France). They will be on display throughout the month of June in a prominent place on the second floor of the Gaudí Palace.
Sarreguemines porcelain has a long history and became one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fine chinaware. Located in the north of France, in the Lorraine region, it had Napoleon I among its distinguished customers in its beginnings.
These pieces were part of a tea set that is incomplete today and are an example of the exquisite quality of this French earthenware, which is documented as early as 1790 with Nicolas Jacobi at the helm. After continuous changes in the management of the factories, production ceased in 2005.
The three cups and their corresponding glazed and glazed earthenware dishes are decorated with palatial architecture and geometric and floral borders on the interior and exterior rim of the pieces. The factory seal, the Lorreine coat of arms, is printed on the back of the base of each dish.
The Museo de los Caminos houses and exhibits a splendid collection of antique earthenware in the dining room cupboard on the second floor, where some of the most important Spanish and even European factories that produced service and ornamental earthenware from the mid-19th century to the present day are represented.
At the end of the month the pieces will be moved, but will remain until the end of the year along with the rest of the works exhibited in the previous and coming months. The Gaudí Palace can be visited from Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00 hours and in the afternoons from 16:00 to 20:00 hours.