Delft, Large Blue and White Dish with Flower Vase, 1750, the Three Bells Pottery

Blue and white chinoiserie dish. Delft, circa 1670 Blue and white dish with a wide-spreading flange, the center painted with two conversin...

Blue and white dish with flower vase. Delft, 1665-1675 The blue and white dish has a wide, spreading rim and is painted in the centre with a vase ...

Blue and white armorial charger. Delft or Haarlem, 1650-1680 This large charger has a wide-spreading flange and is decorated in the center with a c...

Blue and white dragon dish. Delft, 1722-1757 The Greek A pottery Mark: AIK, period J van der Kool (1722-1757) Dish with blue and white decoration of a dragon on a dense ground of...

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...

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...

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...

The blue and white dish has a wide-spreading flange. The centre is painted with a basket on a low square table, filled with flowers, fruits, a book scroll and insects. It is placed o...

Blue and white dish with bird on a double ring Delft or Western-Netherlands, 1700-1750 Blue and white dish with a wide-spreading flange, painted in the centre with a bird on a double ring with leafy garlands. The decor on the flange is made up of a small band of scrolls and stylized leaves, framed within lines. The well halfway to the rim is left unpainted. Three stilt marks, which are characteristic for majolica, are visible in the centre. Dimensions: Diameter 31,5 cm / 12.40 in. The decor of a parrot on a ring is a well-known motif on plates and dishes...

Large Blue and white charger with landscape The Netherlands, circa 1660 The charger has a wide, spreading flange and is painted in b...

Blue and white fish colander Delft, 1725-1750 The blue and white colander stands on three legs and has two round handles. Painted on the front are one large and twenty small fish, p...

Large scale, blue and white Delft pottery vase. Fluted shape. Great condition. Stamped Boch for Royal Sphinx. Dimensions:W: 16cm (6.3")H: 34.5cm (13.6")Di: 19.5cm (7.7") More De...