Dutch Delft, ceramic Plaque with a Courteous Scene, circa 1760

Blue and white chinoiserie plaque. Delft, 1740-1760. The oval blue and white plaque has a molded rim with four raised, oval cartouches. At the to...

Blue and white chinoiserie plaque. Delft, 1740-1760. This octagonal plaque has a thin, straight, upright rim with indented accolade-shaped corner...

Biblical plaque with Moses and the bronze snake in blue and white and yellow. Delft, 1740-1760. The lozenge-shaped plaque has a molded and raised rim made up of scalloped ribbons alternating with shells. The plaque is painted with the biblical theme of Moses and the bronze snake. The painting is executed in blue, with only the bronze snake on the pole and three poisonous snakes on the ground accentuated in yellow. In the foreground the Numbers bible book reference ‘Num. 21 Vs 9’ is reserved in a small cartouche. The biblical story is at both sides bordered on either side by floral ornamentation and shells. The scalloped ribbons are painted with foliate scrolls. Two holes for suspension are pierced just below the upper shell. The reverse is glazed. In the story of the Old Testament, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt...

Purple and white plaque with figures in a landscape. Utrecht, circa 1760. Mark: Le J Lozenge-shaped purple and white plaque with a conversing couple in a landscape. In the foreground a man and a women with a bare bosom sit on a river bank, behind them stands a tree leaning to the left. A church tower and some houses are depicted on the other bank and a boat sails on the water. The molded and raised rim is painted with a continuous branch of leaves, the back is glazed white. The woman with bare bosom shows that a pastoral scene is depicted. The man and woman are possibly shepherds, although their characteristic staff and sheep are lacking. Pastoral literature enjoyed considerable popularity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and themes from it were frequently used for paintings, drawings and prints. The painter must have taken such a print as a model. The Le J signature is probably of the tile painter and has not yet been identified. Besides the mass production of tiles, the tile factories in Utrecht in the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth centuries also manufactured other items on a small scale such as plaques, tobacco boxes, tea-stoves and shoes. Plaques form the largest part of this incidental production, and can clearly be distinguished stylistically and technically from Delft examples. Stylistically they are related more to tiles from Utrecht. The layered structure of the foreground with rocks and low shrubbery is derived from tiles with landscape, shepherd and biblical decors. The same also applies to the (leaning) tree, a typical Utrecht feature. The spiral cloud motifs are painted on Utrecht tiles as well. There are also important differences in production techniques. Delft plaques...

Pair of blue and white plates with flower vases. Delft, dated 1760. Mark: LV . A pair of blue and white plates with a wide flange, pai...

Blue and white chinoiserie bottle vase. Delft, circa 1685. The Metal Pot pottery. Mark: LC and 4, period of Lambertus Cleffius (1679-1691) The bottle vase has an octagonal body with a flaring neck, standing on a waisted foot. The chinoiserie decoration is executed with purple outlining. A smoking incense burner stands...

The dish has a wide, slightly raised rim and is painted in blue in the centre with a Dutch water landscape within a polygonal yellow band. The well and border are painted in polychro...

Rocking cradle with child. Delft, 1750-1780 Polychrome figure of a child in a rocking cradle with open hood. The child is dressed in a yellow nightgown and sleeping cap with reddish-brown and green dots. It sits upright under a marbled blanket and holds the sides of the yellow cradle with both hands. Dimensions: length 12,5 cm / 4.92 in., width 9 cm / 3.54 in., height 11,5 cm / 4.52 in. Figures of children in a rocking cradle are generally dated to the second half of the eighteenth century. They may have been inspired by plates, made at the birth of Prince William V...

Dutch delftware pear. Delft, 1750-1780 The pear with stem is modelled on a base of leaves and is painted in realistic colours. Dimensions: heigh...

Dutch delftware Pear. Delft, 1750-1780 The pear with stem is modelled on a base of leaves and is painted in realistic colours. Dimensions: heigh...

Dutch Delftware apple Delft, 1750-1780 The apple with stem is modelled on a base of leaves and is painted in realistic colours. Dimensions: height...

Polychrome plaque with a flower vase. Delft, 1740-1760 The lozenge-shaped plaque has a raised, accolade-shaped rim interrupted at the top by a large shell and at the bottom by a sma...