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How can you tell real Delft pottery?

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How can you tell real Delft pottery?
Delftware often has a maker's mark on the base or back of the item consisting of letters or figurative symbols to show where the item was manufactured. Today markings will say hand-painted in Holland as well as the phrase Delft blue in Dutch or English.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898 A shell shaped porcelain applique with in a medallion painted scene af...
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Antique 1890s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Very Large Plate by Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles after C. Bisschop, 1892
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A very large plate by Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles after C. Bisschop, 1892 A Delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate after a painting of Christoffel Bisschop with a scene of a Dutch interior. A man standing in a window with a woman sitting by the spinning wheel. The woman gives the container from the wooden stove to empty the pipe or possibly light the pipe, as it may contain hot coals. Painted in the middle and with floral curls around it Marked on reverse with the mark of the Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Dated with N= 1892 and painter initials of J.B.J. van der Horst...
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Antique 1890s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by P.J.C. Gabriel, 1907
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by P.J.C. Gabriel An oval applique with an image after a painting by Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel (1828-1903). An image of ...
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Antique Early 1900s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Plaque, Windmills in a Dutch landscape, 1892
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles plaque, Windmills in a Dutch landscape, 1892 A delft Porceleyne Fles plaque with craquelé after Koekkoek of 19.8 cm high, 29.8 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents a painting by Koekkoek, a Dutch landscape with a windmill also in the background. A boat with people and a lady with child...
Category

Antique 1890s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Porcelain

Wall Plate by Delft Porceleyne Fles, After a Painting by Van de Velde, 1898
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A wall plate by Delft Porceleyne Fles, after a painting by Willem van de Velde (de Jonge) 1633-1707 A wall plate by Delft Porceleyne Fles with a diameter o...
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Wall Plate, 1960
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate, 1960 A large wall plate with a floral and peacock decor. The wall plate with craquelure and on the back the mark of The Royal Porceleyne Fles...
Category

20th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

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