Late 18th-Early 19th Century Dutch Delft Polychrome Porcelain Cow Milking Group

Cow, attribued to delft earthenware 18th century

This hand-painted Delft vase was produced in the Netherlands in the 1700’s. Delft is a city in the western part of the Netherlands that is world-renowned for ceramic pieces. As a home port of the Dutch East India Company, Delft was at the forefront of producing faience wares, which were influenced by imported Chinese porcelain. The prototypical Delftware has a white background with hand-painted cobalt blue imagery, though they can also be found in multi-colored or “polychrome” variations, such as ours. Our baluster form vase has a hand painted scene depicting a woman in a flowing dress walking across a field. The scene is surrounded by flowers, curled leaves, and a diapered background with flowering vine offshoots. On the opposite side of the baluster is a large flowering vine. The lid has a rural life cartouche that is painted with a scene depicting a farm overlooking a field or body of water . The handle of the lid has a similarly colored bird perched on a sinuous branch, while pecking at a berry. This particular design was seen on many delft baluster...

A charming Dutch Delft ginger jar of lobed form, with chinoiserie design in polychrome tin glazed enamels, 18th century, Holland. The ginger jar (missing its lid), of globular fo...

Crafted in Holland circa 1920, the four faience sculptures depict peasant young beauties in traditional clothing. One woman has a duck and dog, another holding eggs with chicken, another with a goat and the last one with a basket of flowers. The figurines are very detailed and hand painted in the traditional soft blue and white colors. Each delft figure...

This beautiful pair of cows was made around 1785 in the city of Delft. Since the late seventeenth century, Dutch Delft cows have adorned mantelpiece...

Chinoiserie blue water in the foreground This Dutch Delft charger features a hand painted garden scene with large bright yellow flowers, green leaves, small iron red plum blossom f...