Vases Tulip Pair Delft Blue & White 19th Century Dutch Medieval Style Crusaders

- Unusual pair of Victorian-style brass boots - Beautifully cast - Shoes are steeped in custom, symbolic meaning and stories; Cinderella, Dorothy. Shoes were offered as gifts on special occasions in the 17th and 18th centuries often exchanged between lovers as a symbol of good luck in marriage. - These boots were either made as ornaments, gifts, or vases Originally, boots and shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cobblers (also known as cordwainers). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds of masters, journeymen and apprentices (both men and women) would work together in a shop, dividing up the work into individual tasks. A customer could come into a shop, be individually measured, and return to pick up their new shoes in as little as a day. Everyone needed shoes, and the median price for a pair was about one day’s wages for an average journeyman. The shoemaking trade flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries but began to be affected by industrialization in the later 19th century. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by Industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship. Today, most shoes are made on a volume basis, rather than a craft basis. A pair of "bespoke...

Unusual decoration blending a European pastoral landscape with Chinoiserie ornamentation. Suitable for everyday use. The tapering body decorated with a European lady and a gentlem...

Norman Stuart Clarke (b.1944): Seascape, wave vase, 1997 "I use bold, powerful colors; it's a consuming interest of mine, an obsession, placing d...

Bernard Rook (b.1938): Organic Waterscape Vase, 1960-1965 Rare example of Rooke’s oeuvre demonstrating his inventive artistic talents to the full - A ...

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...

Pair of 19th Century Dutch Earthenware Delft Covered Vases from Makkum Holland. Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with quest...

A lovely large antique Dutch Delft faience trumpet vase made by well known maker Boch Frères Keramis in La Louvière, Belgium, circa 1890. Maker's mark on reverse. This gorgeous vase ...

A superb large pair of antique 19th-century Dutch Delft faience knobble vases, circa 1800. Maker's mark on reverse. These gorgeous vases have a lovely ribbed body with fine hand pain...