Purple and Yellow Majolica Charger with a Beggar the Netherlands, 1675-1700

Dish with fruit in purple and yellow The Netherlands, 1660-1700. The dish has a spreading, slightly raised flange and is painted in purple and yellow with a fruit decor of grapes ...

Large blue and white chinoiserie dish. The Netherlands, 1675-1700. The blue and white dish has a wide-spreading flange and is painted in the centre with a sitting Chinese figure i...

Polychrome dish with a village view. The Netherlands, 1700-1750 The dish has a spreading, slightly raised rim and is painted in blue, purple, yellow and green with a simplified vil...

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...

Lobed dish with purple and yellow chinoiserie landscape Delft, 1680-1700 Dimensions: diameter 22 cm / 8.66 in. The lobed dish is composed of ...

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...

Purple and yellow chinoiserie wine jug. Delft, circa 1680 The ovoid wine jug stands on a low spreading foot, has a conical neck with spout and a pewter mount and cover. The ear-shaped handle has a rat tail finish. The jug is painted in purple and yellow with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two types of stylized leaves. Another band with block ornaments is painted above the foot. The handle is decorated with stripes, dots and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 22 cm / 8.66 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...

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...

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 ...

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 beer mug with peacock in garden. Delft, 1680-1700. The pear-shaped beer mug with pewter lid stands on a short foot and has an ear-shaped handle that ends in a rat t...

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...