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Delft and Faience For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Large Blue and White Chinoiserie Dish Delft, circa 1670 Garden-Like Landscape
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Dish with a wide-spreading flange, the surface painted entirely with a blue and white chinoiserie decoration of two men in a garden-like landscape. Both men carry...
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Late 17th Century Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Plate Delft Liverpool Blue White Soldier Bridge, Europe Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Unusual decoration blending European and Chinoiserie styles. Decorated with a chinoiserie scene of a soldier crossing a bridge with European houses on either side with Chinese plants...
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18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Large blue and white chinoiserie dish Delft, 1675-1685 Chinese-style landscape
Located in ROSSUM, GE
The blue and white dish has a wide, spreading flange and is painted in the centre with a Chinese-style rocky landscape with plants, flowers and birds. The depiction is framed within a polygon shape. The well and flange are divided into eight wide and eight narrow panels...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Plate delft London Chinoiserie landscape blue white pottery diameter 22.5cm 9"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare early example of European chinoiserie decoration showing how minimal the decoration was similar to abstraction. Painted with a chinoiserie landscape scene with a fence and ga...
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18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Italian Faience 19th Century, Hand Painted, Flowers Decor Pattern
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Small Plate in Faience. It has been made in Italyin the 19th century. It is hand painted. With flowers pattern decoration.
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19th Century French Antique Delft and Faience

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Faience

George Jones English Majolica Albino Strawberry Spoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A George Jones Majolica Strawberry spoon, England, circa 1870. In the Aesthetic taste and glazed on the white ground known as ‘Albino.’ The green l...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Mid-Century French Saint Clement Barbotine Faience Oyster Plates '6' and Dish
Located in Dallas, TX
These colorful antique plates and matching serving platter were created in France circa 1920, by the Saint Clement factory. The hand painted Majolica service features 6 round plates and one charger, all having oyster shaped and lemon wedge motifs. Every piece is marked underfoot "St Clement France". The set is in excellent condition with rich colors in the green and yellow palette. The faience factory of Saint-Clement, 12 kms from Lunéville, was established in 1758 by Jacques Chambrette, who already owned another one in Lunéville. With this second factory he aimed at the higher segment of the market with prestigious objects. The factory received because of this a label as Royal Suplier for Marie-Antoinette's Trianon. After Jacques died in 1758, his son Gabriel became the new owner. Between 1759 and 1763 the factory was managed by Charles Loyal, Jacques Chambrette's son-in-law, Paul Louis Cyfflé and the architect Richard Mique, who owned half the factory in 1786. In the 18th century Saint-Clément produced domestic objects of ordinary earthenware, luxurious objects and decorative objects of fine earthenware (so-called "terre de pipe"). Between the first quarter of the 19th century and 1892 both current utensils of ordinary earthenware and fine earthenware are produced and decorative objects of grand and petit feu (Emile Gallé). In the second half of the 19th century the factory reproduced Louis XIV objects, among them objects with very unnatural forms, where they attempted to imitate the multicolored decorations of Strasbourg faience...
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Mid-20th Century French Delft and Faience

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Faience, Majolica

19th French Quimper Porquier Beau Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good 19th century French Porquier Beau Quimper plate with a green border depicting a man with a your child sharpening a knife. good details and in no c...
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Late 19th Century European French Provincial Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Faience

Pair of Blue and White Plaques with Ships off the Coast, 1784-1800
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Pair of blue and white plaques with ships off the coast. Makkum, 1784-1800 Kingma pottery painter: Adam Sijbel The diamond-shaped plaques have a raise...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Faience Dish, by Luneville, with Dragonfly and Flowers Decor France 19th, Signed
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Old Dish by Luneville. This Dish is in Faience, and has been made in France,during the 19th. The colors are Green and red, orange. It is signed.
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19th Century French Provincial Antique Delft and Faience

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Faience

19th Century French Malicorne Faience Tea Pot
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique French provincial Malicorne faience teapot from Pouplard-Beatrix, circa 1890. Signed PBx on reverse. This charming tea pot depicts a young Breton woman carrying a basket and umbrella and the opposite side depicts a young Breton man...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Delft and Faience

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Faience

Antique French Faience Artichoke Plates, Set of Ten
Located in New Orleans, LA
An outstanding set of ten hand made French Majolica artichoke plates with deeply embossed patterns. These finely made plates have a lovely center flower and leaf borders. They look beautiful for wall or cabinet display and would also set a chic French table for your next family dinner.
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1910s French Rustic Vintage Delft and Faience

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Faience

Antique Dutch Delft Charger 18th Century Polychrome Colors Circa 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
Chinoiserie blue water in the foreground This Dutch Delft charger features a hand painted garden scene with large bright yellow flowers, green leaves, small iron red plum blossom f...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Delft

Antique Danish Christmas Porcelain Decorative Plate by Aluminia, 1904
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish Christmas porcelain decorative plate by Aluminia, 1904. Large Christmas plate by Aluminia (later Royal Copenhagen) in hand painted fai...
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Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Delft and Faience

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Faience

Dish Charger Delftware English London Blue White Fisherman
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming chinoiserie landscape scene depicting the European interpretation of pastoral life in China and the exotic landscape. Rim-to-rim decoration with a chinoiserie scene of a ...
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18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plate delftware Dutch blue white yellow diameter 23cm 9" Chinoiserie landscape
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Bold fluid decoration with abundant imagery associated with early Dutch pieces. Profusely painted with a chinoiserie garden scene with bold foliage and sprays. The rim painted wi...
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18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Chinoiserie Lobed Dish in Blue and Purple Delft, circa 1680
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Chinoiserie lobed dish in blue and purple. Delft, circa 1680 Dimensions: diameter 34,5 cm / 13.58 in. The lobed dish is composed of nine, wide lobes and is painted in the centre...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Pair Antique French Faience Red Porcelain, Bronze & Ormolu Plates, Circa 1890's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French Faience red porcelain, patinated bronze & gold ormolu plates, circa 1890's. Figural seraphim angels with leaves and florals.
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19th Century French Antique Delft and Faience

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Ormolu, Bronze

English Faience 19th Century, Hand Painted, Flowers and Birds Decor Pattern
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Plate in Faience. It has been made in England in the 19th century. It is hand painted. With flowers and bird pattern decoration. Red color.
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19th Century English French Provincial Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Faience

Vase Delftware Dutch Blue and White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
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...
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18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Delft Blue and White Lobed Dish with Landscape, Northern Netherlands, 1650-1680
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white lobed dish with landscape. Northern Netherlands, 1650-1680. Dimensions: diameter 33 cm / 13 in. The blue and white dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes around a curved center. It is painted with a house and barn along the water front within a double circle, framed by a narrow band of stylized ornaments. The border is alternately painted with stylized flowers and branches of leaves...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

19th Century Large French Faience Platter with Armoiries Desvres
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century large French Faience platter with Armoiries Desvres marked Rouen. 12 inches diameter.
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Delft and Faience

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Faience

19th Century Wedgwood Basalt Pout-Pourri Vase
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Original Wedgwood basalt pout-pouri vase in classic blue and white decor in 2 parts. Stamped in the bottom Wedgwood. Slightly used. About 1863.
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1860s English Victorian Antique Delft and Faience

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Pottery

French Palissy Trompe L'oeil Menton Perret-Gentil Large Orange Fruit Wall Plaque
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the manner of Trompe L’oeil, a French Barbotine wall plaque modeled by Eugène Perret-Gentil à Menton, la Cote d’Azur, France, circa 1880. The trompe l’oeil wall plaque features...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Earthenware

Delft Blue and White Lobed Dish with Fruit Still Life Northern Netherlands, 1665
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white lobed dish with fruit still life. Northern Netherlands, 1650-1680 Dimensions: Diameter 22,9 cm / 9.01 in. The blue and white lobed dish is composed of sixteen smal...
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17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

French Faience Figural Hen Pâté Terrine, Michel Caugant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage figural Hen Pâté Terrine made for Laurent Caugant, a Bretagne pâté maker since 1927 – circa 1950s. Laurent’s son Michel created these figural forms as containers for sel...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Delft and Faience

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Ceramic

Delft 1750 - 1800 Large Blue and White Tobacco Jar ‘No. 12’ Mark: Lpkan
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white tobacco jar ‘No. 12’ Delft, 1750-1800 The Lampet Jug pottery Mark: LPKan The ovoid tobacco jar has a protruding rim and...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

18th Century Dutch Polychrome Delft Baluster Form Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience

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Delft

Polychrome Lobed Dish with Peacock in Landscape, Delft, circa 1690
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Polychrome lobed dish with peacock in landscape. Delft, circa 1690. Dimensions: diameter 34,9 cm / 13.74 in. The polychrome lobed dish is composed of nine wide lobes and is pain...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Mid-Century French Hand Painted Quimper Plates Stamped Pornic, Set of 4
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf with these 2 pair of vintage decorative plates from Brittany, France. Crafted circa 1980, each faience plate is hand painted and features Breton people in traditional costumes in the style of Quimper pottery. The plates are signed on the back by "Pornic French Heritage...
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Late 20th Century French Delft and Faience

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Faience

Blue and white floral chinoiserie jar Delft, 1650-1680
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white floral chinoiserie jar. Delft, 1650-1680 The ovoid jar has a lightly spreading foot and a short, straight upright neck. The jar is p...
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17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Plate, Delftware, English, London, Blue White Bird Chinoiserie Fantasy
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming set of plates with the exotic bird suspended showing the fantasy element of Chinoiserie. Decorated with an exotic bird in flight surrounded by four stylised floral sprays surrounded by a trellis diaper border with four demi-flowerhead reserves interposed. The rim decorated with a trellis diaper border with three reserves with grasses interposed. Decorated in blue on blue glaze. In original condition. Probably London, third quarter of the 18th century. 2035574 can be separated into a pair and a single plate...
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18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

18th Century English Delft Tin Glaze Faience Polychrome Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good 18th Century English Delft Polychrome plate with great colors. Typical wear for this type of plates. Chips on the rim . No hairline n...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic

Antique Polychrome Delft Hand Painted 17th Century Portuguese Ceramic Tureen Lid
Located in Coimbra, PT
Delft polychrome Portuguese hand painted ceramic covered tureen with lid and under plate, hand painted 17th century, tin glazed faience with floral, hunting and bird motif, early 20t...
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1940s Portuguese Country Vintage Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Delft

Dutch Delft Plate with Chinoiserie Design, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft Workshop: De Metaale Pot (attributed) Owner: Lambertus van Eenhoorn Date: 1691 - 1724 An exceptional fine painted plate with chinoiserie decoration. On the left, we...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Blue and White Delft Plate or Dish Chinoiserie Scene Made 17th Century Ca. 1690
Located in Katonah, NY
Made in the Netherlands in the late 17th century, circa 1690, this extraordinary Delft charger is hand-painted in shades of cobalt blue. ...
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Late 17th Century Antique Delft and Faience

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Delft

Delft Charger Hand Painted Polychrome Lambeth, London, England, circa 1750
By Lambeth High Street
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite delft charger offers a glimpse into the artistic and cultural history of mid-18th century London. It was carefully crafted by hand at the High Street Lambeth factory,...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Delft and Faience

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Delft

Dish, delftware, English, Liverpool, blue white butterfly 35cm 13 3/4" c1760
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Delightfully painted in soft tones of blue conveying the lightness and charm of Chinoiserie. Painted with a chinoiserie landscape scene of a large peony growing behind a fence wit...
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18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Dutch Delft Plate with Floral Design, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft Workshop: De Metaale Pot Owner: Lambertus van Eenhoorn Date: 1691 - 1724 A fine and rare blue and white plate with floral ...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Dish Charger delftware Dutch Chinoiserie blue white diameter 30cm 12"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Beautiful, early stylised decoration evoking the striking simplicity of early Chinoiserie painting Painted with a central floral spray within a circle centre, surrounded by a trai...
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18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Dutch Delft Vases by Jan Jansz, Van Der Kloot from the 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of Delft vases in blue and white, c.1840, by the celebrated Dutch pottery firm of Jan Jansz. van der Kloot - each vase featuring a facing pastoral scene of a lady in crinoline dress...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery

Blue and White Chinoiserie Dish Delft, circa 1680 Oriental Garden Landscape
Located in ROSSUM, GE
The blue and white dish has a narrow, flat flange and is painted in the centre with a Chinese figure in an oriental garden landscape in a double circle. The brushwork is executed in blue within purple outlining on a light blue-coloured tin-glaze. The Chinese figure carries a guzheng, a Chinese zither, wrapped in a cover. On the well and flange are six different landscapes and terrace scenes, partly filled with Chinese men and women. The reverse is painted with four circles with a dot and four smaller circles.  The decoration is inspired by Chinese porcelain from the transitional period at the end of the Ming and the start of the Qing dynasty. The porcelain of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen (reigned 1628-1644), the first Qing emperor...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Delft 1670 Pair of Blue and White Chinoiserie Dishes Chinese Figure in Landscape
Located in ROSSUM, GE
The blue and white dishes have wide-spreading flanges and are painted with a Chinese figure in an oriental landscape. The eight-panelled border is alternately decorated with floral motifs and oriental landscapes.  The decoration is inspired by Chinese porcelain from the transitional period at the end of the Ming and the start of the Qing dynasty. The porcelain of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen (reigned 1628-1644), the first Qing emperor...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Christopher Dresser Old Hall Aesthetic Vases c.1885
Located in Paris, FR
Paire of Japanese style Old Hall Earthenware vases decorated with gilt elephants. Design attributed to Christopher Dresser (a similar model in C.W Dress...
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19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Delft Pot in Faïence, White and Blue, 17eme Century By Jacobus Pynacker signed
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This pot is in Faïence, in white and blue. They has been made in Netherlands, in Late 17th Century they are Delft pieces. By Jacobus Pynacker, signed  
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience

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Faience

Blue and White Chinoiserie Lobed Dish, Delft, 1650-1680
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white chinoiserie lobed dish. Delft, 1650-1680 Dimensions: diameter 33,5 cm / 13.18 in. The blue and white lobed dish is composed of twenty-s...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Plate Delftware, English Small Stylised Floral Spray London, Blue and White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Decorated with a stylised fern surrounded by a double-circle petal shaped border and an arc border around the rim. Decorated in blue on blue glaze. In original condition. Probably Lo...
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18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Dutch Delft Plate with a Deer, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft Workshop: Unknown Date: second half of the 18th century A blue and white Dutch Delft plate with the decoration of a deer in a garden...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

18th Century Dutch Delft Pottery Blue and White Neoclassical Antique Collectors
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique Dutch Delft cabinet plate Material: Delft pottery, earthenware tin glazed Maker: The 3 Bells factory (1670- 1841), marked at the back Origin: The Netherlands, Delft 18...
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18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Delft and Faience

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Delft, Pottery, Earthenware

Dutch Delft ceramic Blue and White Chinoiserie Bottle Vase, circa 1685 Faience
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...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Dish Charger delftware Bristol blue white willow tree rocks Chinoiserie Trellis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Delightful, charming chinoiserie dish conveying the European interpretation of and fascination with exotic Chinese plants and landscape. Decorated with a large willow tree and st...
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18th Century English George II Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Blue and White Delft Handled Chinoiserie Vase
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Delft handled chinoiserie vase. Antique Dutch porcelain vase with rich blue flowers and chinoiserie fencing in a lustrous glaze; with scro...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic

Pair of Mid-Century French Hand Painted Faience "Saint Clement" Urns with Lids
Located in Dallas, TX
These elegant, antique urns were created in Luneville, France, circa 1970. The tall ceramic vases stand on square bases over a bombe body decorated with ram head handles, and embelli...
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Mid-20th Century French Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Polychrome Lobed Dish with Peacock and Tulips Delft, circa 1690
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Polychrome lobed dish with peacock and tulips. Delft, circa 1690. Dimensions: diameter 33,5 cm / 13.18 in. The polychrome lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and ...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

17th-Century German Faience Blue & White Chinoiserie Trumpet-Neck Botttle Vase
Located in Downingtown, PA
17th century Frankfurt German Faience Blue & White chinoiserie Trumpet-neck Bottle Vase, circa 1680-90. The vase is decorated in underglaze blue and white with a chinoiserie landscape with a Chinese figure with banana plants...
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Late 17th Century German William and Mary Antique Delft and Faience

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Delft

Plates Pair Biancosoprabianco Delft Redcliff Back Bristol Chinoiserie Polychrome
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming pair of plates with rare and desirable features of delftware; fluting, bianco-sopra-bianco border and in polychrome including manganese From a Bristol collection and originally made in Bristol Pair of 18th century bianco-sopra-bianco delftware plates, made at Redcliff Back, under Richard Frank. The press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim is decorated with repeated foliate designs in a style known as ‘bianco sopra bianco‘, or ‘white on white’. Although inspired by the incised patterns found on the rims of Chinese export porcelain, the name alludes to the use of this decoration on sixteenth-century Italian maiolica at Faenza. The main pattern depicts an oriental river scene, showing two hatted men...
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18th Century English Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

Materials

Pottery

French Hand-Painted Faience Soup Tureen
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French faience footed oval tureen with traditional design typical of Eastern France. Hand-painted Chinoiserie decoration in pink, ora...
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Early 20th Century French Country Delft and Faience

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Faience

Delft Delftware Dish Wanli Lion Chinaman Dutch Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming delft dish demonstrating how exotic the East appeared to Europe and a sense of wonder it portrayed. Unusually painted in the 'Wanli' style demonstrating the mania in Europe...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

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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