Baroque Delft and Faience
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Baroque
Color: Gray
18th Century Polychrome Delft Oil and Vinegar Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th century polychrome Delft oil and vinegar stand in Imari flower decorations.
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Dutch Delft Blue and White ceramic Chinoiserie Plaque. 1740-1760
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Blue and White Chinoiserie Altar Vase, circa 1685
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Large Blue and White Dish with Flower Vase, 1750, the Three Bells Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Blue and white dish with flower vase. Delft, 1740-1760
The Three Bells pottery. Mark: three bells
Dish with a scalloped rim painted in blue showing a ...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience, Ceramic
Polychrome Chinoiserie Wine Jug, Delft, circa 1680
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
The polychrome wine jug has an ovoid body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with a scroll finish. The jug is painted in purple, yellow and green with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments and circles is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two stylized flowers and scroll ornaments. The handle is decorated with stripes and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 19 cm / 7.48 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...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Delft, Blue and White floral Chinoiserie Jar, 1650-1680
Located in Verviers, BE
The ovoid jar stands on a slightly spreading foot, has a short upright neck, and is painted in blue with a floral decor. Three large cartouches containing flower bouquets have been a...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Blue and White Chinoiserie Wine Jug Delft, 1650-1670
Located in Verviers, BE
Blue and white chinoiserie wine jug Delft, 1650-1670
The ovoid-shaped wine jug stands on a waisted foot and has a slightly conical neck with a spo...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Blue and White Beer Mug with Peacock in Garden, circa 1680-1700
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Purple and Yellow Chinoiserie Wine Jug, Delft, circa 1680
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Polychrome Chinoiserie Wine Jug with Turned Body, Delft, circa 1680
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
Polychrome chinoiserie wine jug. Delft, circa 1680
The polychrome wine jug has an ovoid and turned body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with a scroll finish. The jug is painted in blue, purple and green with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. Bands with rectangular ornaments between double circles are applied on the shoulder and just above the foot. The neck is painted with a double leaf motif. The handle is decorated with stripes and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 23 cm / 9.05 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...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Delft, Blue and White Dragon Dish Mark AIK, Period J van der Kool '1722-1757'
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Meissen Mid-19thCentury Golden Porcelain Covered Cup Multicolors Flower Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small Meissen masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
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 Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Mid-18th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White Blue and Gold
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: The fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
Delft, Cashmere Tea Pot, 1700 - 1710 LVE Mark The Metal Pot Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Cashmere tea pot. Delft, circa 1700 - 1710
The Metal Pot pottery. Mark: LVE, period of Lambertus van Eenhoorn (1691-1721)
The ribbed tea pot has a somewhat pear-shaped body on a...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Purple and Yellow Chinoiserie Jug, circa 1680-1700
Located in Verviers, BE
Purple and yellow chinoiserie jug. Delft, circa 1680 - 1700
The ovoid jug stands on a lightly spreading foot and has a tapered neck with spout. The top of the handle is pierced for a metal mount. The jug is painted in purple and yellow with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with Chinese figures. Bands with rectangular ornaments between double circles are applied on the shoulder and just above the foot. The neck is painted with a double leaf motif. The handle is decorated with stripes and dots, alternately applied in purlple and yellow.
Purple or multi-coloured Delftware with chinoiserie landscapes are relatively rare, though versions in blue and purple, blue and yellow, green and purple are known, as well as three colour combinations like purple, yellow and green. A butter pot in this last colour combination was excavated from a cesspit in the grounds of the former Porcelain Bottle pottery in Delft. Multi-coloured chinoiserie decorations are painted especially on lobed dishes and also on beer mugs, covered spiced wine bowls and small plates. A purple, yellow and green painted beer mug in the Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, combines a chinoiserie landscape with a depiction of stadtholder prins Willem III...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Pair of Blue and White Chinoiserie Dishes, 1680 - 1700
Located in Verviers, BE
Pair of blue and white chinoiserie dishes. Delft 1680-1700.
[attributed to] The Three Porcelain Ash Barrels pottery
Pair of blue and white dishes with a wide-spreading flange, t...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Large Blue and White Armorial Charger, 1650-1680
Located in Verviers, BE
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...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Delft, Chinoiserie Famille Rose Garniture, 1730-1740
Located in Verviers, BE
3 piece chinoiserie Famille rose garniture, Delft, 1730-1740
This petit feu garniture consists of a baluster vase with cover and two beaker vases. The cover has a bell-shaped knob...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White Red Blue and Gold
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Lambeth 18th Century English Delft Pottery Plate with Chinese Decoration
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good, antique English delft plate.
Likely Lambeth with deep blue chinoiserie decoration and a sawtooth border.
A fine early example with stro...
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18th Century British Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
18th Century German Faience Polychrome Pewter-Mounted Tankard in Columnar Form
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This 9.25" faience pewter-mounted tankard from the 3rd quarter of the 18th century is cylindrical in form with a handle mounted in pewter. The place of origin is probably Nurnberg, G...
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18th Century German Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Pewter
Large Antique 18th Century Moustiers Style French Faience Soup Tureen
By Moustier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful antique Soupière et son Couvercle en Faience (French faience Tureen and Cover).
Dating to the early 18th century, this very rare form is decorated in the Moustiers sty...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Antique Blue and White Dutch Delft Pottery Wall Plaque with Canal Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good, signed, antique Dutch delft wall plaque with shaped edge in lozenge form.
It depicts an early canal scene with bridge (and town in the bac...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Pottery
Plate Delftware, Inscribed 1744, Dutch, Great Yarmouth, Blue and White, Herring
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The inside centre decorated with the inscription, “Great Yarmouth 1744”, surrounding the blazon of the arms of the town (three lions passant guardant in...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Plate, Delftware, 1742, Dutch, Thomas and Mary Bingham, Yarmouth, 1742, Suffolk
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The inside centre decorated with the inscription, “Thomas and Mary Bingham In Yarmouth 1742”, inside a medallion. The rim decorated with six artemisia leaf reserves, with trellis borders interposed. The rim brown. Restoration to a rim glaze chip. Decorated in blue on a white glaze. Probably Dutch, second quarter of the 18th century.
Provenance: Thomas Bingham was christened in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on November 14, 1697. Thomas Bingham married Mary Dent at Woodbridge in Suffolk on 24th August, 1721. Thomas and Mary Bingham had a daughter Ann christened in Yarmouth on December 17, 1727. Thomas Bingham was buried in Great Yarmouth on July 6, 1774. Thomas, a son of Thomas and Mary Bingham, was christened in St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, on December 3, 1775.
In the Universal British Directory of 1793-8, Woodbridge is described as a maritime town situated near the River Deben on the turnpike road leading from London to Yarmouth. It is about 77 miles from London and as Great Yarmouth is 123 miles from London, the distance by road between the two places is about 50 miles. The River Deben, on which the town is situated, is stated to have been navigable up to the town where there were two quays. There is no-one named Bingham listed in Woodbridge in the entry for the town in the Universal British Directory.
In the printed Freemen of Yarmouth, a John Bingham is the only entry under the surname. He became a freeman in 1721, having been an apprentice of John Cooper. There is no mention of the surname in the three volume Perlustration of Great Yarmouth by C J Palmer...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
Lantern, Delftware, mid-18th Century, Dutch, Polychrome, Tryhoorn Collection
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This charming lantern decorated with typical Dutch estuary scenes is a rare survival. Although they must have been made in large quantities as evidenced in many Dutch Old Masters th...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Earthenware
17th Century Dutch Delft Tile with Decoration of a Tulips
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Circa 1630 – 1660
A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of two tulips.
With so-called oxheads as corner decoration.
The tile is in a ...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Swordsman, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
Circa 1625 – 1650
A blue and white Dutch tile with a decoration of a Dutch soldier from the period of the 80 Years War.
The decoration of this tile is very...
Category
1620s Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Polychrome Lobed Dish with Horseman Delft, 1690-1700
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Polychrome lobed dish with horseman. Delft, 1690-1700.
Dimensions: diameter 33,8 cm / 13 in.
The lobed dish is composed of twenty-seven double lobes and is painted in polychrome with a central motif of a horseman. The border is decorated with a continuous frieze of simplified flowers and tulips. The horseman is standing on a green ground between two trees. This type of decoration harks back to maiolica plates...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Rare Dutch Delft Tile with Merman, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
Circa 1640 - 1660
A wonderful fine painted tile with a decoration of a merman who is drawing his sword. This type of tile is known by collectors as sea...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rare Dutch Delft Mythological Tile, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
Circa 1640 1660
A wonderful fine painted tile with a decoration of a Cupid with a torch, sailing on a Dolphin.
With so-called spiders as corner decor...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Baroque delft and faience for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque delft and faience for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage Delft and faience created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque delft and faience made in a specific country, there are Europe, Netherlands, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original delft and faience, popular names associated with this style include Delft, Dutch Originals, De Porceleyne Fles, and Royal Delft. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for delft and faience differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $320 and tops out at $16,800 while the average work can sell for $2,125.
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