Delft Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

This striking antique French faience wine ewer, dating to the 18th century, is a fine example of traditional tin-glazed earthenware in the distinctive blue-and-white palette popular ...

A Delft tin-glazed earthenware rectangular salad bowl painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior decorated with a landscape vignette depicting a gentleman standing on a terrace ...

Late 17th century Blue Delftware platter with Chinese Wanli period kraak style decoration of a duck in a marsh landscape with flowerds in a central hexagonal medallion. On the sides ...

This antique eighteenth-century Dutch Delftware wall plaque is made of tin-glazed earthenware, also known as Delft faience. The shaped ceramic plaque is painted in blue, green, yellow, iron-red and manganese. Its raised, self-framing border is outlined in blue and decorated with continuous scrolling ornament against a green ground. The centre is painted with an elaborate symmetrical fantasy ornament composed of three winged masks, volutes, foliage, shell motifs and scale-patterned fields. The central mask supports a two-handled vase filled with flowers, with a bird in flight above the bouquet. The plaque is pierced at the top for suspension and was made specifically for wall display. The composition belongs to the broader tradition of French-inspired grotesque ornament that circulated in the Dutch Republic through prints by designers such as Jean Bérain and Daniel Marot. By the mid-eighteenth century, Delft painters had adapted this ornamental vocabulary freely, combining masks, scrolls and fantastical forms into highly decorative compositions. Delftware wall plaques held a distinct place within eighteenth-century Dutch interiors. In contemporary household inventories, they were sometimes recorded as porceleine schilderijen, or “porcelain paintings”, reflecting their function as ceramic counterparts to paintings on panel, canvas or copper. During the eighteenth century, Delft potters increasingly produced plaques in moulds with shaped outlines and raised borders, creating complete, self-framed decorative objects. With its unusual grotesque decoration, strong polychrome palette and pronounced shaped border, this antique Delft plaque...

A rare early 18th century Dutch Delftware barbers dish (scheerkom), decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with stylized floral motifs. In the center of the round well is an ablooming f...

A gorgeous antique Dutch Delft faience floral scalloped wall charger plate by Royal Tichelaar Makkum, circa 1920. Maker's mark on reverse. The foot on the back is pierced for hanging...

Dutch Delft blue and white tin-glazed earthenware posset pot and cover, late 18th c., having lid with rounded finial, over tapered body with dual arched handles, decorated with peaco...

Great 18th century hand painted Dutch delft chinoiserie decorated platter. 13.25” diameter. Hole drilled for wall mounting.

A Dutch Delft blue and white charger with chinoiserie decor of birds and insects, dating to circa 1720-1740. The central field is painted in cobalt blue with a bird beside flowering...

Set of 18th century Delft plate. Six from a series. One bowl of different form.

Polychrome Delftware Wall Plaque with Bird and Flower Basket Delft, circa 1750 This antique eighteenth-century Dutch Delftware wall plaque is made of tin-glazed earthenware and painted in blue, green, yellow, iron-red and manganese. The lozenge-shaped plaque has a raised, self-framing border and is pierced at the top with two holes for suspension. The centre is painted with an exotic bird perched among flowering branches rising from a rectangular basket. The flowers and foliage are enclosed within a shaped cartouche outlined in yellow and green scrollwork. Large stylised flower heads interrupt the surrounding blue diaper-patterned ground, while the outer border is decorated with continuous scrolling ornament in blue, yellow and iron-red. The combination of an exotic bird, abundant flowers and geometric patterning reflects the continuing influence of Chinese and Japanese porcelain on mid-eighteenth-century Delftware. Delft painters did not simply reproduce Asian designs, but combined individual motifs with European cartouches, scrollwork and shaped borders to create new decorative compositions. Wall plaques of this type were produced specifically for display. In contemporary household inventories they were sometimes described as porceleine schilderijen, or “porcelain paintings”, reflecting their role as ceramic counterparts to framed paintings. By the eighteenth century, Delft potters increasingly formed plaques in moulds with pronounced outlines and integrated decorative borders, creating complete, self-framed objects for the interior. With its strong polychrome palette, lively bird and flower decoration and compact 26 cm format, this shaped Delft plaque...

Delftware Charger, c. 1760. Blue and white, decorated in the Chinese taste having a wall and large flowers and a tree Delftware Charger, c. 1760, Blue and white, decorated in the Chi...

Dutch Delft polychrome 'Peacock' plate, late 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in a vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and flowers. The rim decorated...

Dutch Delft blue and white tin-glazed earthenware dish, raised on a foot ring, with a circular, gently rising wall and a sloping lobed (accollade-shaped) rim. Painted in underglaze ...

A pair of 18th-century Dutch Delftware plates in blue and white tin-glazed earthenware. Each plate depicts a gallant garden scene with an elegantly dressed couple and a small dog seated beside the lady. The figures appear before a low brick wall, surrounded by trees, flowering plants and birds. The central scenes are framed by elaborate borders of trelliswork, stylised flowers, scrolling foliage and ornamental cartouches. The closely matched decoration and small individual variations make these antique Delft plates...

Late 17th-Century German Faience Buckelplatte, Frankfurt or Hanau A blue and white German faience Buckelplatte (a lobed charger with raised, scalloped sections) dating from the late...

One of two colorful 100 year old Belgian Art Nouveau delft faience knobble vase by Charles Catteau's Boch Fréres Keramis at La Louviére, Belgium in the 1920s. Hand painted flowers, l...

English Delft Flower brick, c. 1760. Having wisteria and insect decoration, 21 holes for flowers and a flat base. 3.5” h. x 6” w. x 2.5” d.

A pair of 18th-century Dutch Delftware bowls, hand-painted in cobalt blue on tin-glazed white faience, inspired by Chinese porcelain and the Chinoiserie style. Each bowl has a flarin...

A pair of Dutch Delftware plates dating from the second half of the 18th century, decorated in a rare, soft manganese tone, intermediate between blue and purple. Each plate features...

Dutch Blue and White Delftware Plate with Chinoiserie Decoration An antique Dutch Delftware plate decorated in cobalt blue on a white tin-glazed ground. The centre depicts a chinoise...

Dutch Delftware Plate with Manganese Chinoiserie Decoration, Mid-18th Century A Dutch Delftware plate dating from the mid-18th century, decorated in manganese purple with a chinois...

A rare pair of vintage Dutch Delft faience dragon candlesticks in cobalt blue and white, circa 1930. Marked "Delft" on reverse. They display beautifully, hand painted in the form of ...

A pair of Dutch Delftware blue and white models of slippers or shoes. Each as a heeled slipper with pointed toe. In the 18th century, miniature ceramic shoes were a distinctive fea...

This pair of Delftware recumbent cow figurines, dating to the late 18th century, exemplifies the Dutch tradition of molded earthenware crafted in the city of Delft. They are cast 'af...

Dutch Delftware pouring jug, very large size. Decorated with soft blue decoration of a elaborate chinoiserie landscape with persons after wan-li porcelain designs. The neck with two ...

Polychrome Dutch Delftware Plate with an Allegorical Female Figure; Flora A Dutch Delftware plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in orange, blue and green with a naïvely rendere...

Mid 18th century Delft Blue plate. Decorated in cobalt blue with a central stylized tulip bud, from which radiating flowering bulbs and blooms extend, forming reserves filled with fu...

Blue and White Dutch Delftware Plate with a Peacock among Flowers Delft, second half of the 18th century A Dutch Delftware plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue wi...

A large Delft earthenware dish with sought-after "Four Hearts" pattern, the four heart-shaped cartouches between stylized pine cones on a mottled green ground with blue lined palmett...

The dish has a broad, gently sloping rim and is decorated in blue with a freely painted floral arrangement in a vase at the center, enclosed within a double circle. The rim is richly...

Mid 18th century Blue Delftware plate with central decoration of a flower baskets, surrounded by 5 cartouches with similar decoration. Marked 'D' for Jan Teunis Dextra, owner of De...

Early 19th century Delftware plate with polychrome decoration of cartouche depicting a oriental landscape, adorned and surrounded by flowers with foliate scrolls in yellow, blue, gre...

Circa 1800 pair of Delft blue and white vases, Dutch. Decoration after Chinese peony designs of the Kangxi period. Elegantly flared beaker form. Good period condition with microcrazi...

Dutch Delft Chinoiserie plate with a 'Mille Fleurs' decoration of flower buds and flower sprays. Good condition: light chipping and some usual wear to the rim.

Early 18th century Blue Delftware dish with very crisp 'parsley or mille fleurs' decoration comprising sprays of flowers and birds. Marked: Pieter Gerritsz. Kam, owner of Drie Poste...

A Delft tin-glazed earthenware rectangular salad bowls painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior decorated with an Italian landscape. The broad everted rim is richly ornament...

Group of 5 small Dutch Delft polychrome 'Peacock' plates, De Klaauw factory, second half 18th century. These polychrome Delft plates, are fine ...

An Early 18th Century Blue & White Delft Posset Pot with cover, likely to be English origin due to the bulbous body, painted with birds and flower scene...

A fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome painted delft charger, decorated with vibrantly colored stylized tulips and flowers painted in manganese, green, yellow...

Excellent pair of mid 18th century Delftware plates with fine decoration of birds, insects and flowers in a chinoiserie style fashion. Border ...

Royal Delft handpainted Dutch Delftware - earthenware Style: Baroque, Vintage, Antique, Rustic Large blue and white cabinet plate - wall plaque Depicting Girl with the pearl after Jo...

A Dutch Delft blue and white plate, painted with a pastoral scene depicting a gentleman playing a flute before a seated lady reading a letter. The subject belongs to the repertoire o...

Dutch Delftware blue and white models of slippers or shoes. Patterned with hand-painted flowers, the heel washed in manganese. In the 18th century, miniature ceramic shoes were a di...

A White Delft gadrooned dish (plooischotel) decorated in relief with two rows of twenty nine gadroons, with domed well with circular footring 18th Century. Very good condition: usua...

Rare early 18th century Delftware plate with rare chinoiserie decoration in blue and iron-red. Marked IvL for Johannes and Margaretha van Lockhorst-van der Gucht, owners of De Klaauw...

Blue Delft blue and white plate with a rare geometric decoration of a central 6 lobbed star. Condition: some usual wear, minor chipping to the rim. Unmarked, mid half 18th century

A rare pair of diminutive 18th-Century Dutch Delft faience floral plates by The Porceleyne Lampetkan. Maker's mark on reverse. They display beautifully, decorated with hand painted l...

A White Delft gadrooned dish 18th Century (plooischotel) decorated in relief with two rows of twenty seven gadroons, with domed well with circular footring Very good condition: usua...

18th-century Delftware plate with scalloped rim, made of tin-glazed earthenware from Delft, Netherlands. The plate has a scalloped edge and is decorated in cobalt blue on a white tin...

Delft vase with nice proportions

Delft faience plate with a chinoiserie decoration of a rock and a fence amongst trees and shrubbery in manganese and green. The borders ornately decorated with geometrically arranged...

A superb large antique Delft Chinoiserie style faience cobalt blue and white lobed pitcher made by Boch Frères Keramis in La Louvière, Belgium, circa 1880. This gorgeous wine jug or ...

An 18th-century Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware plate, with a Chinoiserie decoration. The central scene depicts a bird in flight above a flowering tree, with a second bird perched...

Polychrome Delftware pair of mid 18th century Delftware plates with and central orange tulip and four cartouches with orange flower buds with green leafs. Very lively colors. marke...

A Delft blue and white commemorative ceramic plate depicting Admiral Johan Arnold Zoutman (1724–1793), Holland, late 18th century. Painted in underglaze blue with a Dutch warship sa...

A fine antique English Delft plate. With a broad flat rim and a shallow well. Decorated to the well with a flower basket including Chrysanthemums, fern fronds and leaves. The rim decorated with florals sprays and clusters of auspicious symbols. Simply a wonderful antique Delft plate...

Good pair of 18th century Dutch Delft Blue dishes decorated with a beautiful central flower arrangement of a tulip and a peony and foliage. The borders richly adorned with foliage sc...

English Delftware Blue White Chinoiserie Sauce Boat, London, Circa 1750–60 English, London, Circa 1750–1760 This English delftware sauce boat takes its rococo form from contemporary...

A rare tin-glazed earthenware charger from Delft, hand-painted in cobalt blue. The central motif depicts a nude Venus, allegorical of Dame Fortuna, poised with one foot upon a globe ...