Pair of 18th Century Dutch Delft Vases

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 18th century delft blue & white vases are of a type that is getting more rare with each passing year. Alas, the fragile nature of such han...

Two delft vases late 18th-early 19th century produced in the Dutch region off delft in the Netherlands Minor old restorations on the top No cracks Marks on the bottom Beautiful and m...

Single important 18th century balustrade delft vase.

Dutch Delft Underglaze Blue & White Vases & Covers, De Twee Scheepjes Factory ( The Two Little Ships), Mid 18th Century The pair of Dutch Delft octagonal shaped vases and cover are ...

A stunning Garniture Of Mid 18th Century Dutch Delft Blue And White Vases. The set molded with petal-form segments throughout and each raised on a foot with convex profile above a se...