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Delft and Faience For Sale
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Delft Blue and White Landscape Dish Makkum, 1775-1800 Tichelaar Pottery
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white landscape dish. Makkum, 1775-1800
Tichelaar pottery. painter: Douwe Klases Hofstra [attributed to]
The dish has a wide and raised flange and is painted in blue wi...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Polychrome Chinoiserie Lobed Dish Delft, 1680-1690
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Polychrome chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1680-1690
The lobed dish is composed of nine wide lobes around a nine-fold centre and is painted with a chinoiserie decor in purple, yellow and green. Two Chinese figures in an eastern landscape are depicted in the centre, one of them carries a banner. The landscape is framed within lines and a white band. The border is decorated with a continuous landscape with two reclining and two standing Chinese figures.
A lobed dish of the same shape and design in purple, blue and green is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts holds a variant in blue and yellow. In the same museum are three lobed dishes, each with twenty-seven double lobes with chinoiserie landscapes in the same colour scheme of purple, yellow and green.
In the second half of the seventeenth century many lobed dishes were painted with Chinese motifs, mostly landscapes with Chinese figures. The vast majority are in blue. Two- or multi-coloured chinoiserie decorations were very fashionable during a short period of time, predominantly in the 1680s. In addition to lobed dishes, they also appear on wine jugs, beer mugs, butter pots, covered spiced-wine bowls and dishes.
Some of this Delftware is still wrongly attributed to a factory in the German town of Frankfurt, and sometimes it is even considered to be English. An excavated chinoiserie butter pot in purple, green and yellow, found in a cesspit in the grounds of the Porcelain Bottle factory, proves otherwise. A beer mug with the portrait of the Dutch prince Willem III...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Marescaux et Hahn Belgian Asparagus & Artichoke Majolica Plate
By J. Hahn Marescaux
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An earthenware asparagus and artichoke plate, marked P. Marescaux et J. Hahn, Belgium, circa 1880.
Unusual for the coloring, and with mold work similar to Luneville or Saint-Amand...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Faience Floral Plates
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous pair of antique 18th-century Dutch Delft faience plates. These lovely plates have a hand painted floral design in vibrant cobalt blue and white with bright yellow rims. Th...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft, Faience
Dutch Delft 1686-1701 Blue and White ceramic Armorial Plate Coat of Arms Greek A
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
Blue and white armorial plate with the coat of arms of Johan van der Does and Elisabeth van der Dussen.
Delft, 1686-1701. The Greek A pottery. Mark: AK, period of Adrianus Kocx (16...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Dutch Delft ceramic Blue and White Chinoiserie Bottle Vase, circa 1685 Faience
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Great 18th Century Polychrome French Faience Platter
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century polychrome French faience molded platter with scenes of gentry figures
Category
18th Century French Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
French Faience Shaving Bowl
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French faience shaving bowl with hand-painted decoration in blue, green, yellow and pink. Rope on back for hanging.
Category
Early 20th Century French Country Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Purple and Yellow Chinoiserie Lobed Dish. Delft, 1680-1690
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Purple and yellow chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1680-1690
Dimensions: diameter 34,5 cm / 13.58 in.
The lobed dish is composed of eight wide lobes and...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Large Dutch Delft Garniture Five Piece Polychrome Made Circa 1880 Netherlands
Located in Katonah, NY
This charming Dutch Delft garniture comprises the traditional five pieces: two beaker vases and three baluster-form jars with their covers.
It is in excellent condition.
We see a rom...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Romantic Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Pair of Henriot Quimper Faience Fish Plates
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful pair of fish dinner plates by Henriot Quimper. Traditional Breton figures, male & female on either plate. In excellent vintage condition wi...
Category
1980s French French Provincial Vintage Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Two plates with the Coat of Arms of the Webster Barony, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft
Workshop: De Grieksche A
Owner: Jan Theunisz Dextra
Date: 1758 - 1764
A set of twee beautiful and fine armorial plates with the coat of arms and dragon head crest o...
Category
1760s Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft Blue and White Dish with Windmill, 1700-1750
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white dish with windmill.
Delft, 1700-1750
The dish has a raised flange and is painted in blue with a windmill between two sponged tr...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Blue and White Chinoiserie Plate, Delft, 1650-1670
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
Blue and white plate with a chinoiserie landscape with two sitting Chinese figures, within a double circle. The back of the plate is painted with the number 5, and the foot rim is pi...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft Polychrome Dish with a Village View the Netherlands, 1675-1725
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Polychrome dish with a village view The Netherlands, 1675-1725.
The dish has a spreading, slightly raised flange and is painted in blue, purple and yellow with a simplified villag...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Faience Bird Plate Henriot Quimper, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
A French large faience plate with a bird signed Henriot Quimper, circa 1950.
Colorful yellow border and blue lines.
Measure: 9.5" diameter.
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Meissen Charger with Decoration a Flower Bunches, Marcolini Period Ca. 1800
Located in CH
Meissen charger with decoration a flower Bunches, Marcolini period Ca. 1800
This large Meissen Charger is decorated with a stylized bouquets of flower...
Category
1790s German Neoclassical Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Faience Corner Brackets from Fabrica Das Devezas, Portugal 19th Century
Located in Lisboa, PT
Pair of faience corner brackets from Fabrica das Devezas. Portugal 19th century.
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Folded Fruit Bowl 'Rousseau-Bracquemond' Service 1866-1875
By Creil et Montereau, Félix Bracquemond
Located in Paris, FR
Extremely rare Japonism "Folded" Fruit Bowl from the famous service "Rousseau-Bracquemond", a similar folded fruit bowl is kept at the French Musée d'Orsay ( OAO1094).
This piece belongs to this world-known service which is present in many museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Musée d'Orsay, Petit Palais Museum, Metropolitan NY Museum, and Occidental art Tokyo Museum and. Made in fine earthenware, the service has a blue combed decoration on the wing and drawings of animals after Japanese...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Ceramic Bowl by Stig Lindberg, Scandinavian, Faience, Sweden, C 1950, Leaf Shape
Located in New York, NY
Decorative bowl by Stig Lindberg, Sweden, circa 1950.
An artistic jack-of-all-trades, Stig Lindberg was accomplished in industrial design, textile design, painting, illustration, gl...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
19th Century Delft Faience Apothecary Jar
Located in Winter Park, FL
A delft faience apothecary jar, or pharmacy pot, with domed lid, blue hand painted decoration and label: U Populeum. Unmarked. Chip to rim of jar.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century French Faience Footed Bowl with Handles
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century French blue and white faience footed bowl with handles.
Category
18th Century French Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Émile Gallé St Clément Art Nouveau Trompe L'oeil French Asparagus Plate, 1870
By Emile Gallé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From St. Clément, Luneville and designed by Émile Gallé, a Barbotine square shaped, trompe l’oeil asparagus plate, circa 1870.
Five raised asparagus spears are strewn across a bei...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
18th Century Dutch Delft Shaped Chinoiserie Polychrome Plaque
Located in Downingtown, PA
Dutch Delft shaped Chinoiserie Polychrome plaque,
Circa 1730-40
The shaped plaque has a raised molded border decorated with a series of alternating painted panels of flowers and Chinese auspicious objects. The central scene is painted with a slightly off-center table with a vase filled with flowers and a large parrot perched on the branches. Several flying bugs can be seen around the flowers. To the left is a gardener with two watering pots at his feet. The whole in a puce, yellow and green palette. The top is surmounted with a blue shell pierced with a suspension hole. The exterior rim of the plaque in blue.
Dimensions: 8 7/8 inches high x 9 3/4 inches x 1/2 inch depth.
Provenance: B.F. Edwards Collection...
Category
1730s Dutch Georgian Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft, Faience
Four fine early Delft Blue and White Wall Tiles in Copper frames, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are Four fine Delft ceramic wall tiles all with a blue and white hand painted similar pattern, made in the Netherlands during the late 17th / early 18th Century, circa 1700 and...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
17th Century Delft Blue & White Charger
Located in Dallas, TX
17th century delft blue & white charger is a timeless interpretation of the Japanese porcelains that were so popular in Europe, replicated by the master ceramicists in the Delft region of Holland, and most experts agree, equivalent in quality to the Oriental artworks...
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Faience Floral Plates
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous pair of antique 18th-Century Dutch Delft faience flower garden plates. These lovely plates have a hand painted floral and foliate design in cobalt blue and white with yell...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Blue and White Delft Charger Made Netherlands circa 1770 Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Katonah, NY
This blue and white Dutch Delft charger shows a chinoiserie scene in a lovely naive style.
The chinoiserie scene in the center of the charger includes three unique viewpoints.
On o...
Category
18th Century Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Set of 18th Century Delft Plates
Located in Essex, MA
Set of 18th century Delft plate. Six from a series. One bowl of different form.
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
"Cartels" Faïence Fine Service by Creil & Montereau, 1884-1920
Located in Paris, FR
Faïence fine (lead-glazed earthenware) service "Cartels", manufactured by the French firm Creil & Montereau between 1884 and 1920.
Engravings by Pierre L...
Category
20th Century French Country Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Extremely Rare Rotterdammer Tile with Two Men in a Boat, Early 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An extremely rare, so-called, Rotterdammer tile, with the decoration of a sailboat.
Country: The Netherlands
Place: Rotterdam
Date: circa 1615 - 1620
Workshop: Claes Wijtmans
This tile comes from one of the most rare and sought after tile series...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Chinoiserie Dutch Delft Polychrome Faience Lobed Jar, 18th Century, Holland
By Delft
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Dutch Delft ginger jar of lobed form, with chinoiserie design in polychrome tin glazed enamels, 18th century, Holland.
The ginger jar (missing its lid), of globular fo...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware, Faience
Antique Blue and White Delft Charger Hand-Painted in England circa 1765
Located in Katonah, NY
This lovely Delft charger was hand-painted in England in the mid-18th century, circa 1765.
The center shows a naive garden scene with a willow tree, an oversized flower, and a large ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Blue and White Dutch Delft Dish or Plate Hand Painted Circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
The cobalt blue is exquisite!
Provenance: An identical dish is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. For an image of this identical plate and a discussion of its origins, see: E B Schaap "Delft Ceramics at the Philadelphia Museum of Art" pages 74 and 75.
We are pleased to offer this Dutch Delft dish...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Blue and White Delft Mantle Jar Hand-Painted 18th Century Netherlands Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
A blue and white Dutch Delft mantle jar hand-painted in exquisite deep cobalt blue.
We see a peacock in a garden filled with flowers and ferns.
The cover is similarly decorated a...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Delftware Mule with Flowers in Purple and Blue Amsterdam, 1740-1760
Located in Verviers, BE
Mule with flowers in purple and blue Amsterdam, 1740-1760
The mule has a pointed nose and a high vamp. It is painted in blue and purple with flowers. A band with dots is applied in blue just below the edge of the shaft. The heel and sole are in purple.
Dimensions: length 13 cm / 5.11 in., width 4.6 cm / 1.81 in., height 4.7 cm / 1.85 in.
Provenance: Aronson Antiques, Amsterdam
Shoes in all shapes and sizes were part of the standard repertoire of almost all Delft potteries. Outside Delft, they were made in Harlingen potteries and in Amsterdam tile factories. Delft shoes...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Dutch Delft Dated 1760 Pair of Blue and White ceramic Plates with Flower Vases
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Georges Cabaré French Faïence Martres Tolosane Hand Painted Asparagus Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming vintage earthenware asparagus plate, beautifully hand decorated with a floral design in the faïence tradition of Martres-Tolosane. Painted in a style that began in the sou...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Fine Dutch Delft Polychrome Charger, 1750-1800
Located in Verviers, BE
Dutch delftware charger, 1750-1800.
The decoration is a stylised version of an oriental garden on 17th century Chinese porcelain.
Dime...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Blue and White Delft Dish Hand-Painted Netherlands, Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This blue and white hand-painted Dutch Delft dish was made in the Netherlands in the 18th century, circa 1780.
The composition has excellent movement. The ...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Pair of Blue and White Delft Calendar Plates
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Delft calendar plates in blue and white garden scenarie.
March and April plates.
These two plates were part of a 12 plate series of calen...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Plates Commemorating Le Tour De France 1959 Luneville Faience
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Fabulous rare set of Tour de France commemorative plates for the cycling enthusiast
- In original condition, no damage
- Luneville 1959
1. June 25 depart Mullhouse, 26 June, 17 July, 18 July
2. June 29 Rennes June 30 Blain July 1 Nantes
3. July 2 Rochelle July 3 Bordeaux, July 4 Bayonne, July 5 Bagneres de Bigorre
4. July 6 St Gaudens...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Delft and Faience
Materials
Pottery
18th Century Dutch Delft Faience Floral Charger
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 18th-Century Dutch Delft faience floral charger. This lovely large 13.5" plate has a hand painted flower pot center and deco...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience, Delft
Blue and White Delft Charger Hand Painted Mid-18th Century, Circa 1765
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful blue and white Dutch Delft charger shows a vibrant and detailed garden scene hand-painted in shades of cobalt blue.
The decoration is crisp.
The artist gave life to t...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Austrian Ceramic Toothpick Horses by Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Vienna, AT
Ceramic toothpick horses, by Leopold Anzengruber, from Vienna, Austria, mid-19th century, good condition.
Category
1950s Vintage Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Galle Nancy St. Clement Faience Walking & Roaring Lions Gallé circa 1892
Located in Vienna, AT
Huge pair of stunning faience figurines of walking and roaring lions
Manufactory: France (Lorraine) / St. Cle´ment Pottery (Gallé)
Signed (underglazed)
Please note:
Emile Galle´ and his father Charles...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Blue and White Delft Dish Hand-Painted 18th Century, England, Circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This Delft blue and white dish was hand-painted in England in the 18th century circa 1760.
The painting is quite naive but eye-catching.
In the center, we see a large blue ground before three homes, each with a chimney.
To the left, we see a large peony, and to the right, a pine tree.
The wide border shows six flower buds on the vine, and along the edge are scrolling vines.
Dimensions: 9.25" diameter
Condition: Excellent
Price: $560
Background of English Delft:
The art of making Delft began in England in the Mid-1500s. An English delftware jug has been found in East Malling, Kent, with a silver mount hallmarked 1550, which is presumed to be the earliest date of English delftware manufacture. John Stow's Survey of London (1598) records the arrival in 1567 of two Antwerp potters, Jasper Andries and Jacob Jansen...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
18th Century Hand Painted Dutch Delft Chinoiserie Pattern Platter
Located in Charleston, SC
Great 18th century hand painted Dutch delft chinoiserie decorated platter. 13.25” diameter. Hole drilled for wall mounting.
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Dutch Delft Serving Dish, Van Duyn Factory, c. 1765
By Delft
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare, large Dutch Delft rectangular shaped serving dish, Van Duyn factory, c. 1765. The deep dish, painted in blue, with a European scene of a farmer stood ...
Category
1760s Dutch Georgian Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Keller & Guerin St Clément Luneville Art Nouveau Asparagus Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Keller and Guerin St. Clément faïencerie, a Water Lily themed Asparagus plate, France, circa 1900.
Soft water color like glazing distinguishes this Art Nouveau period Water...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Delft, Blue and White Fruit Dish on Stand, 1740-1760 The Porcelain Claw Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Blue and white fruit dish on stand.
Delft, 1740-1760 The Porcelain Claw pottery mark: a claw and number 70.
The hexagonal fruit dish and stand have scall...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Set of Four Early 20th Century Dutch Hand Painted Porcelain Delft Figurines
By Delft
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Holland circa 1920, the four faience sculptures depict peasant young beauties in traditional clothing. One woman has a duck and dog, another holding eggs with chicken, another with a goat and the last one with a basket of flowers. The figurines are very detailed and hand painted in the traditional soft blue and white colors. Each delft figure...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Faience Decorative Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French faience charger or platter with typical hand painted burgundy floral decoration from St Clement in the East of France. Minor glaze loss. Old brass plate hanger...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
18th Century Italian Waisted Albarello
Located in Stamford, CT
An Italian Baroque Castelli albarllo, also known as a pharmacy or drug jar. It held 'Benedict Laxat' listed as far back as Aristotle as a medication used in by midwives. Beautifully decorated with buildings in landscapes in the free, almost impressionistic style typical of Castelli Maiolica...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Franz Anton Mehlem Royal Bonn Delft Sardine or Butter Dish
By Royal Bonn
Located in Dallas, TX
This faience decorative box was crafted in Germany, circa 1900; attributed to Royal Bonn (trade name for Franz Anton Mehlem), the dish is rectangular in shape and sits on an attached platter base. It features a figural dolphin in high relief as the handle on the removal top lid. The lid is decorated with a hand painted windmill landscape, further while the sides are also decorated with windmill and sailboats at sea. The kitchen ware...
Category
Early 20th Century German Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience, Porcelain
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Jugs, 1899-1903
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles jugs, 1899-1903
Two Delft Porceleyne Fles jugs with in medallion painted scenes and floral decoration. The sailing boat is from the year U = 1899 and p...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Sitting Dog, Delft, circa 1740
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
The molded dog is sitting on a rectangular base and has its head raised and turned, and his snout opened. He wears a red-dotted collar. The dog is painted in blue, the stand in blue ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vintage circa 1950s Large Royal Delft Boch Blue and White Wall Plate
By Delft
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
It is marked "Made For Royal Sphinx - By Boch - Holland - Delfts". Animated hunting scene with a wild boar in the foreground running in the woods. In the ...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Antique and Vintage Delft and Faience
The unique graceful design and classic style of antique and vintage delft and faience make these pieces an exceptional addition to any dining room.
The popularity of the blue-and-white porcelain developed in 14th-century China inspired delft and faience pottery in Europe. The global expansion of trade through the Dutch East India Company led to the import of numerous examples of Chinese porcelain, resulting in the creation of Dutch delftware, which is the term generally used to describe the tin-glazed earthenware that Dutch potters used. There were other imitations of Chinese porcelain produced by ceramicists throughout Europe, but delftware was the most successful. This iconic tradition — the subject of a 2020 exhibition at the Kunstmuseum den Haag — resembled Chinese porcelain but was more affordable.
True blue delftware originates only from a single location: Delft in the Netherlands. These precious pieces pair well with French faience. Unlike delftware, French faience utilizes a lead-and-tin glaze. This earthenware has roots in late-16th-century France. French Provincial delft and faience tend to feature snow-white lacquered surfaces with colorful painted images or floral designs.
In terms of elegance and versatility, Baroque delft and faience always impress. The most extravagant and boldly hued pieces are Rococo delft and faience. Plates, tureens and other objects made in this style are frequently ornate and intricately decorated, making them ideal for display.
Modern Dutch design masters often incorporate vintage decor into their contemporary designs and delftware items are a popular choice. Browse antique and vintage delft and faience now on 1stDibs.
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