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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 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, 1948
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate, 1948 A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate with in medallion painted bouquet with flowers in vase with birds on each side. Floral decor on...
Category

20th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

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 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 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

Delft Porceleyne Fles Small Wall Plates, the Hague and Delft, 1894 and 1912
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Delft Porceleyne Fles small wall plates, The Hague and Delft, 1894 and 1912 3 Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles rectangular small wall plates with floral b...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

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