Antique French Sarreguemines Bertha Blue Transferware Plate
An antique French Sarreguemines Bertha plate, sourced in France, with a blue floral transferware border on a warm ivory ground.
The Bertha pattern has a delicate old-world feel, with scrolling blue borderwork and soft floral garlands around the rim. One of the loveliest age clues is the slight irregularity in the transfer pattern, where the design appears interrupted along one edge and lightly duplicated in another. These small imperfections speak to the older transfer process and give the plate the collected character that makes antique French tableware so special.
The back is stamped “BERTHA” and has impressed/debossed mold marks, another beautiful detail that points to the age and earlier manufacturing of the piece. A lovely plate for a French country shelf, plate wall, open kitchen display, or layered into a collected table setting.
Details:
• Origin: Sourced in France
• Maker: Sarreguemines, Bertha pattern
• Marking: Blue “BERTHA” backstamp with impressed/debossed marks on the reverse
• Material: French faïence / terre de fer-type ceramic
• Size: 9.25” diameter
• Color: Warm ivory ground with blue floral transferware
• Estimated age: Late 19th century, circa 1880-1900
Condition:
Good antique condition with no chips. There is age-related crazing throughout, gentle staining to the center well, and one area of small wear lines appear on the underside edge of the plate visible from the back. This does not go through to the front of the plate. Please review photos carefully.
