Dutch Originals Ceramics

Blue and white chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1680-1700 Dimensions: diameter 35 cm / 13.77 in. The blue and white lobed dish is composed of nine wide lobes around a nine-fold c...

Polychrome lobed dish with King William III Delft, circa 1690 The polychrome lobed dish is composed of eight wide and twisted lobes and is painted in blue, green and yellow with a depiction of King-Stadholder William III between two flowering branches. The border is decorated with a continuous frieze of tulips and flowers. Dimensions: diameter 34.4 cm / 13.54 in. The colour scheme of blue, yellow and green is frequently found on lobed dishes from the sixteen-nineties, especially with images of King William III and his wife Queen Mary Stuart. After the Glorious Revolution...

Blue and white chinoiserie altar vase. Delft, circa 1685 The ovoid altar vase stands on a high-waisted foot. The flaring cylindrical neck ends in an outward sloping mouth rim. The two blue coloured lion-shaped handles have suspending rings in their jaws. The body is painted with a continuous oriental landscape with banana and pine trees, Chinese figures and houses, while the neck is painted with three bands of different ornaments. The mouth rim is decorated with rectangular ornaments, the foot with leaves under a band around the ankle. Altar vases are also called vases à chimères. The oldest faience examples were made in the sixteen-twenties in Nevers, France and are attributed to the Conrade potters family, who originated from Italy. The shape is based on metal vases used during the services in Catholic churches. Therefore it is no wonder that many altar vases are painted with the Christogram IHS. Altar vases were made in Delft from about 1675 onwards and production continued well into the eighteenth century. Marked examples are known from multiple manufacturers, such as The Greek A and The Moor’s Head potteries (Aronson 2011, pp. 14-15). A pair of eighteenth century vases was made between 1700 and 1716 at The Three Porcelain Ash Barrells pottery. They are marked with PK for the owner Pieter Kam or, after 1705, by his widow (Blazy & Boyazoglu 1983, p. 110). The pair is painted with a dense parsley decor. A miniature example was excavated from a cesspit in the grounds of the former Porcelain Bottle pottery in Delft. At the same location a larger fragment was also found, decorated with a triple-tulip design in blue and yellow (Eliëns, Schledorn, Van Aken-Fehmers, pp. 31 , 36, 45). Three altar vases with similar tulip and flower decoration in blue and yellow are in the collection of the Dutch Open Air Museum in Arnhem and can also be attributed to the Porcelain Bottle pottery (Klein, p. 152). Official Catholic services were not allowed in the seventeenth century in the Dutch republic, however Catholic conventicles were tolerated. At first sight it might be surprising that a Catholic object...

Two polychrome lightning plates Delft, 1700-1730 The Peacock pottery Mark: D(P)AW 9 The dish has a small flange and is painted in polychrome with the...

Polychrome lobed dish with peacock. Delft, circa 1680 Dimensions: diameter 34,7 cm / 13.66 in. The polychrome lobed dish is composed of nine wide lobes...

At the center of this lovely hand-painted blue and white Delft dish is a traditional chinoiserie view of a garden. We see an oversized peony, a willow tree...

Blue and white lobed dish with landscape. Northern Netherlands, 1650-1680. Dimensions: diameter 21,5 cm / 8.46 in. The blue and white lobed dish is composed of sixteen small lobe...

This lovely Delft plate is hand-painted in deep cobalt blue. Made in the Netherlands circa 1800, it shows flowers bursting into view. The border is decorated with panels depicting ...

Blue and white plate with deer in a landscape Delft, circa 1700 The plate has a narrow, flat flange and is painted in blue with a landscape with four deer between trees. Birds fly ...

Chinoiserie lobed dish in blue, yellow and purple. Delft, 1680-1690 Dimensions: diameter 34 cm / 13.58 in. The lobed dish is composed of nine, wide lobes around a nine-fold cent...

This blue and white Delft charger was hand painted in the Netherlands circa 1800. The center features a garden scene with beautiful flowering peonies. We see blossoming flowers, buds...

Polychrome lobed dish with Queen Mary II Stuart Delft, circa 1690 The polychrome lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and painted in blue, green and yellow with a depiction of Queen Mary II Stuart between two tulips. The border is decorated with a continuous frieze of tulips and flowers. Dimensions: diameter 34.9 cm / 13.74 in. The colour scheme of blue, yellow and green is frequently found on lobed dishes from the sixteen-nineties, especially with images of King William III and his wife Queen Mary Stuart. After the Glorious Revolution...