Pair of Blue and White Plaques with Ships off the Coast, 1784-1800

Blue and white charger with a bird on a branch. Harlingen, 1775-1800 Raamstraat pottery. painter: Pieter Ruurds The charger has a slightly raised flange and is painted in blue ...

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...

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 w...

Pair of blue and white chinoiserie lobed dishes. Delft, 1680-1700 Dimensions: diameter 30 cm / 11.81 in each. The lobed dishes are composed of eight wide and twisted lobes and are p...

Blue and white dish with a putto. The Netherlands, 1660-1700 The blue and white dish has a wide, spreading flange, and is painted in the centre with a walking, flute-playing putt...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...