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Late 17th-Century German Faience Buckelplatte, Frankfurt or Hanau A blue and white German faience Buckelplatte (a lobed charger with raised, scalloped sections) dating from the late...

18th-Century Dutch Delft Blue and White Dish with Grapevine An 18th-century Dutch Delftware dish painted in cobalt blue with three prominent bunches of grapes growing from a stylise...

A pair of 18th-century Dutch Delftware plates in blue and white tin-glazed earthenware. Each plate depicts a gallant garden scene with an elegantly dressed couple and a small dog sea...

Dutch Delft dish by De Blompot workshop, painted in cobalt blue monochrome enamel with the “Theeboom” or “Tea Plant” pattern. The central decoration features a dense floral bouquet, ...

This antique eighteenth-century Dutch Delftware wall plaque is made of tin-glazed earthenware, also known as Delft faience. The shaped ceramic plaque is painted in blue, green, yellow, iron-red and manganese. Its raised, self-framing border is outlined in blue and decorated with continuous scrolling ornament against a green ground. The centre is painted with an elaborate symmetrical fantasy ornament composed of three winged masks, volutes, foliage, shell motifs and scale-patterned fields. The central mask supports a two-handled vase filled with flowers, with a bird in flight above the bouquet. The plaque is pierced at the top for suspension and was made specifically for wall display. The composition belongs to the broader tradition of French-inspired grotesque ornament that circulated in the Dutch Republic through prints by designers such as Jean Bérain and Daniel Marot. By the mid-eighteenth century, Delft painters had adapted this ornamental vocabulary freely, combining masks, scrolls and fantastical forms into highly decorative compositions. Delftware wall plaques held a distinct place within eighteenth-century Dutch interiors. In contemporary household inventories, they were sometimes recorded as porceleine schilderijen, or “porcelain paintings”, reflecting their function as ceramic counterparts to paintings on panel, canvas or copper. During the eighteenth century, Delft potters increasingly produced plaques in moulds with shaped outlines and raised borders, creating complete, self-framed decorative objects. With its unusual grotesque decoration, strong polychrome palette and pronounced shaped border, this antique Delft plaque...

Polychrome Delftware Wall Plaque with Bird and Flower Basket Delft, circa 1750 This antique eighteenth-century Dutch Delftware wall plaque is made of tin-glazed earthenware and painted in blue, green, yellow, iron-red and manganese. The lozenge-shaped plaque has a raised, self-framing border and is pierced at the top with two holes for suspension. The centre is painted with an exotic bird perched among flowering branches rising from a rectangular basket. The flowers and foliage are enclosed within a shaped cartouche outlined in yellow and green scrollwork. Large stylised flower heads interrupt the surrounding blue diaper-patterned ground, while the outer border is decorated with continuous scrolling ornament in blue, yellow and iron-red. The combination of an exotic bird, abundant flowers and geometric patterning reflects the continuing influence of Chinese and Japanese porcelain on mid-eighteenth-century Delftware. Delft painters did not simply reproduce Asian designs, but combined individual motifs with European cartouches, scrollwork and shaped borders to create new decorative compositions. Wall plaques of this type were produced specifically for display. In contemporary household inventories they were sometimes described as porceleine schilderijen, or “porcelain paintings”, reflecting their role as ceramic counterparts to framed paintings. By the eighteenth century, Delft potters increasingly formed plaques in moulds with pronounced outlines and integrated decorative borders, creating complete, self-framed objects for the interior. With its strong polychrome palette, lively bird and flower decoration and compact 26 cm format, this shaped Delft plaque...

A Dutch Delft blue and white charger with chinoiserie decor of birds and insects, dating to circa 1720-1740. The central field is painted in cobalt blue with a bird beside flowering...

Hispano-Moresque Lustreware Charger with a “Pardalot” Bird Manises, late 17th or early 18th century Tin-glazed earthenware, decorated in copper lustre with a large central bird surr...

Hispano-Moresque Lustreware Charger with a “Pardalot” Bird Manises, late 17th or early 18th century Tin-glazed earthenware, decorated in copper lustre with a large central bird surr...

Blue and White Arita Porcelain Charger in the Kraak Style Japan, Edo period, circa 1680 A Japanese Arita porcelain charger painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The central medallion d...

Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak-Style Pomegranate Dish, Edo Period, c. 1680 A large Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain dish, dating from the late seventeenth century, Edo p...

Antique Delftware 18th century garniture 'kaststel', comprising a baluster-form vase and cover and a pair of beaker vases. Each piece is of hexagonal form and decorated in underglaz...

Set of two Antique Delftware 18th century garniture vases. Each piece is of hexagonal form and decorated in underglaze blue. The front is molded with a floral cartouche enclosing a ...

A pair of Dutch Delft blue and white plates, dating to the first half of the 18th century. Each plate is painted in cobalt blue with flowering plants beside a low garden fence. The ...

Hispano-Moresque Lustreware Charger with a Pardalot Bird Manises, late 17th or early 18th century This Spanish lustreware charger is decorated in warm copper tones with a stylised p...

A Dutch Delft blue and white plate, painted with a pastoral scene depicting a gentleman playing a flute before a seated lady reading a letter. The subject belongs to the repertoire o...

Excellent pair of 18th-century Delftware plates from the first half of the 1700s. Decorated with finely painted bouquets of flowers within a floral cartouche, surrounded by diaperwor...

18th-century set of two Montpellier faience plates, France, circa 1770. The tin-glazed earthenware plates are hand-painted in polychrome enamels with a structured floral composition...

18th-century Marseille faience plate, France, circa 1770. The plate is hand-painted in polychrome enamels with scattered floral sprays and leafy branches, a decoration closely associ...

18th-century Marseille faience plate, France, circa 1770. The plate is hand-painted in polychrome enamels with scattered floral sprays and leafy branches, a decoration closely associ...

A fine 18th-century French faience plate from Moustiers, hand-painted in a vibrant polychrome palette. The center is decorated with four elegant bouquets of stylized flowers in manga...

An 18th century Italian maiolica plate, attributed to the Antonibon manufactory in Nove di Bassano. The plate is shaped with a finely moulded. Painted with flowering plants issuing f...

Dutch Delft dish by Cornelis Brouwer of the De Witte Starre workshop, painted in cobalt blue monochrome enamel with the “Theeboom” or “Tea Plant” pattern. The central decoration feat...

Dutch Delft blue and white tin-glazed earthenware dish, raised on a foot ring, with a circular, gently rising wall and a sloping lobed (accollade-shaped) rim. Painted in underglaze ...

18th century Delft faience wall plaque, painted in polychrome enamels. The plaque is modelled in a cartouche form with a self-moulded frame. The frame is composed of a green ground ...

Delft blue and white wall plaque with integral polychrome self-frame, mid-18th century. The central decoration depicts an Oriental landscape with blossoming peonies, painted in coba...

A Delft blue and white commemorative ceramic plate depicting Admiral Johan Arnold Zoutman (1724–1793), Holland, late 18th century. Painted in underglaze blue with a Dutch warship sa...

Dutch Delftware blue and white models of slippers or shoes. Patterned with hand-painted flowers, the heel washed in manganese. In the 18th century, miniature ceramic shoes were a di...

A pair of Dutch Delftware blue and white models of slippers or shoes. Each as a heeled slipper with pointed toe. In the 18th century, miniature ceramic shoes were a distinctive fea...

Delft square sweet meats dish, or condiment tray. Of shallow square form with five divided compartments, this rare type belongs to the group of Delft table dishes produced for serv...

A Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware tureen or butter dish, dating to the mid-18th century. The piece is formed in an elegant octagonal shape and hand-decorated in cobalt blue. The ...

A Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware charger from the 18th century. The plate is hand-painted in cobalt blue and features a central medallion with a peacock perched on a fence withi...

A Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware charger painted in cobalt blue, dating to the late 17th century. The central medallion depicts two birds among flowering branches. The compositi...

A Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware charger, painted in cobalt blue and dating to circa 1760-1780. The central decoration depicts a Bird of Paradise standing among flowering plants...

A 17th Century Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Dish in the Kraak Style, Arita Kilns 1670 – 1690. Painted in dense rich tones of cobalt oxide it depicts a grasshopper on a rock ove...

A pair of Dutch Delft sweetmeat dishes in finely modelled fleur-de-lys form, painted in underglaze blue. These pieces belong to the 17th–18th century tradition of Delft sweetmeat se...

A White Delft gadrooned dish (plooischotel) decorated in relief with two rows of twenty nine gadroons, with domed well with circular footring 18th Century. Very good condition: usua...

A Montelupo Maiolica dish featuring an Arlecchino decor in the shades of ochre, yellow, blue, green, and black. The shallow, circular form is decora...

Late 19th century Hispano-Moresque lustreware platter, 16th-century style A decorative Hispano-Moresque style lustreware platter produced in the late 19th century, inspired by 16th-c...

Late 19th century Hispano-Moresque lustreware platter, 16th-century style A decorative Hispano-Moresque style lustreware platter produced in the late 19th century, inspired by 16th-c...

Dutch Delft polychrome 'Peacock' plate, late 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in a vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and flowers. The rim decorated...

Tin-glazed earthenware plate decorated in manganese purple, featuring a central stylized floral arrangement emerging from a lattice-patterned basket. The composition is symmetrically...

Antique Delft Tin-glazed earthenware plate decorated in blue on a white ground, featuring a chinoiserie inspired landscape with a figure holding a bird. Dutch, Delft, second half 1...

An elegant Dutch Delft blue and white plate, dating to the 18th century, finely hand-painted in cobalt blue. The central scene depicts a stylized bird perched among flowering plants ...

A late 18th-century Dutch tin-glazed earthenware plate, unmarked, decorated in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie motif of flowering plants, shrubs, and trees. Ochre rim Condition:...

A late 18th-century Dutch tin-glazed earthenware plate, unmarked, decorated in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie motif of flowering plants, shrubs, and trees. Ochre rim Condition:...

Dutch tin-glazed earthenware plate, unmarked, decorated in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie motif. of flowering plants, shrubs, and trees. The border with a floral garland and ochr...

Delft faience plate with a chinoiserie decoration of a rock and a fence amongst trees and shrubbery in manganese and green. The borders ornately decorated with geometrically arranged...

Dutch Delft blue and white 'Peacock' platter, second half 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in cobalt with a vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and f...

Dutch Delft blue and white 'Peacock' platter, second half 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in cobalt with a vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and f...

A late 18th-century Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware plate, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a landscape depicting a bridge. The rim is decorated with stylised floral moti...

Kuznetsov - plate from Imperial Russian service, late 19th century The front is decorated with the Russian Imperial double-headed eagle incorporating the shield of St. George, frame...

Group of 5 small Dutch Delft polychrome 'Peacock' plates, De Klaauw factory, second half 18th century. These polychrome Delft plates, are fine ...

This set comprises four mid-18th-century Delft plates, each with decoration in cobalt blue. The central field shows a Dutch landscape, framed by a border depicting tulips.

Late 17th-century Blue Delftware dish featuring Wanli “Kraak” style decoration of an oriental figure, framed by alternating floral and geometric panels that extend to the rim, exemplifying the decorative finesse of early Delft potters. The reverse with alternating X's and O's. This dish reflects the strong influence of Chinese Wanli porcelain...

Rare 17th-century Blue Delftware plate featuring Wanli “Kraak” style decoration of an oriental figure in a garden, surrounded by floral and geometric panels. Tin-glazed earthenware in rich cobalt blue on a white ground. The central scene depicts a sitting oriental figures in a garden, framed by alternating floral and geometric panels that extend to the rim, exemplifying the decorative finesse of early Delft potters. This dish reflects the strong influence of Chinese Wanli porcelain...

A beautiful English Delftware plate, hand-painted featuring a Chinoiserie-inspired landscape with a fence surrounded by flowers in full bloom and a flying insect. The rim decorated ...

A beautiful English Delftware plate, hand-painted featuring a Chinoiserie-inspired landscape with a fence surrounded by flowers in full bloom and a flying insect. The rim decorated ...

A French faience verseuse from Nevers, decorated in cobalt blue with touches of ochre, featuring Amphitrite riding a dolphin. Executed in a bold, rustic style typical of Nevers’ popu...

An 18th century French faience plate from Nevers, dating to the 1790s. The plate is decorated in polychrome with a bird perched on flowering branches, rendered in a chinoiserie manne...