Large Pair of Dutch Delft Vases, Early 18th Century

Fine dutch delft 18th century drug jar. The jar of ovoid form with rolled top rim and tapered body down to the circular flat foot rim, decorated with opposing...

A blue and white Dutch delft vase made circa 1700, with clobbered-style polychrome enamels added in the mid-18th century. This brightly colored blue and white Dutch delft vase is a ...

A Rare and Very Large, Early Dutch Delftware vase with chinoiserie decoration. Origine: Delft, The Netherlands Date: 1724 - 1757 Workshop: De Metaale Pot under the management of Cornelis Koppens. Marked CK for Cornelis Koppens. The very large vase...

A pair of Rudolfstadt Porcelain vases, very much in the Royal Worcester style, hand painted with floral subjects on a duck-egg background; the neck and foot of the vases decorated with bisque and gilt scrolls the necks enhanced by a gilt Florentine scroll.

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...

Pair 19th century Delft hand-painted blue & white vases are a splendid collectible that was created for the lucrative European market during the latter 1800s, where the clay was trea...