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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
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...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Tile "Delft", 1932
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles tile "delft”, 1932 A delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 15 cm high, 15 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents and titled "delft " and was painted by ...
Category

20th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles tile "Oude Delft", 1906
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles tile "Oude delft ", 1906 A delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 21 cm high, 15 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents the "Oude delft " and was paint...
Category

20th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Jugs, 1899-1903
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles jugs, 1899-1903 Two Delft Porceleyne Fles jugs with in medallion painted scenes and floral decoration. The sailing boat is from the year U = 1899 and p...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Delft and Faience

Materials

Earthenware

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Wall Plate After Petrus Van Der Velden
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate after Petrus van der Velden (1837-1915) A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate after Petrus van der...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

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

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