Pair of Delft Blue and White Vases, circa 1820

Pair of Delft vases, circa 1800.

The central frieze silouetted in dark green animal with gilt details with cavoting putti, set within a beaded border, the collar and stem also applied with beads, the handles with bi...

Based upon the paintings by the French painter Eustace Le Sueur (1616-1655), the left vase depicts the Muses Clio, Euterpe and Thalia and the right vase depicts the Muses Melpomene, ...

Pair of Paris porcelain vases, circa 1820.

Decorated with dolphin handles, and swans within a gilt and puce lined cartouches and the reverse with caryatid figures balancing fruits.

Pair of Bohemian Lithyalin glass vases, circa 1820.

A pair of Dutch Delft blue and white bottle vases decorated in cobalt blue with bands of scrolling, butterflies, leaves and flowers. 19th C...

Dutch blue and white faience vase with Classic motifs and floral details marked "Delft."                  

Pair of 19th century delft blue and white vases are excellent examples of the fine artistry in porcelain that have been produced in the region for centuries! Deep, rich cobalt blue w...

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...

A beautiful set of five blue and white Delft vases, this faience collection was hand-painted in Holland, circa 1900. The three bulbous vases are lidded, each with a finial depicting a rampant lion with a ball in its forepaws. Beneath the lion is a mottled background (on the front side only), with a foliate and floral margent. Each vase has the same scene painted on the front of the main body: a couple walking through a field surrounded by flowers. The opposite side has a floral rinceaux above a foliate branch. Painted in a similar fashion, the two concave vases are without lids. The side opposite from the cartouche of the couple has floral margents. All five vases have canted corners on the base. Inspired by Italian majolica, the faience produced in 16th century Holland...

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...