Dutch Colonial Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

These are NINE Delft ceramic wall tiles, all with different blue and white hand painted patterns, made in the Netherlands, from the 19th Century to the 17th Century, but mainly 18th Century. Each tile is nominally slightly over 5 inches square.. All nine tiles are unique, being individually hand painted with different scenes and patterns featuring various scenes with buildings, trees, watersides, boats and one floral, with most having spider motif corners. They are all enamelled in cobalt blue, using different shades of blue, which varies slightly from tile to tile as expected:- please see the images. Two of the tiles have scenes within double blue circles. NOTES: The central floral pattern tile is slightly thicker and dates to the 17th C Seven Tiles are 18th Century and one is 19th Century ( blue tinged glaze) Overall a beautiful set of individual hand painted antique Delft tiles...

A pair of remarkably well preserved 18th century Delft chinoiserie plates featuring charming figures framed by trees, garden scenes, and a lovely painted border.

These are Four Delft ceramic wall tiles mounted on a modern wood frame, all with a blue and white hand painted flower pattern, made in the Netherlands during the 17th century, circa ...

These are Four fine Delft ceramic wall tiles all with a blue and white hand painted similar pattern, made in the Netherlands during the late 17th / early 18th Century, circa 1700 and...

These are Four Delft ceramic wall tiles mounted on a modern wood frame, all with a blue and white hand painted flower pattern, made in the Netherlands during the 17th century, circa ...

A blue and white Dutch delft vase made circa 1700, with clobbered-style polychrome enamels added in the mid-18th century. This brightly colored blue and white Dutch delft vase is a ...

Two assembled Delft tile pieces in blue and white are charming from two different periods. One tile represents a waterscape with detailed drawings. A sailboat is in the middle of the...

Rare Dutch Delft, large rosewater dish, attributed to Samuel van Eenhoorn, circa 1675-1680. A similar dish, now in the Museum Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in Aronson, Dutch Del...

A very Fine and rare early 18th century antique Dutch delft faience polychrome pottery dish of shallow rounded form hand painted with a period figure of a lady carrying a parasol, early 20th century. The large earthenware dish is hand painted with a central scene of a lady wearing a tall bonnet in a landscape with a building in the background painted in tones of red, puce, green and blue set within a yellow painted decorative border...

This vintage hand-painted Royal Delft porcelain, made in Holland, is a coved fish herring fish platter or serving dish. Since 1879, each hand-p...

An 18th century Dutch delft, tin-glazed earthenware deep charger, inspired by Chinese export porcelain and hand painted in a heavy cobalt blue chinoiserie style overall floral patter...

An 18th century Dutch delft, tin-glazed earthenware deep charger, inspired by Chinese export porcelain and hand-painted in a heavy cobalt blue geometric and floral pattern. A stylize...

Pair of silver dutch girl salt & pepper shakers by Berthold Muller. Made of cast sterling silver by Berthold Muller with larger holes for salt and smaller for pepper. Imported into...

A splendid and heavy Dutch-colonial silver filigree salver Indonesia, Batavia (Jakarta) or possibly Padang, West Sumatra, 2nd half 17th century Diam. 22.9 cm Weight 551 grams This filigree-work was probably done by Chinese masters...

A beautiful lg. pair of Hand Painted Dutch Delft Chargers in blue and white with a central bird, flowering shrubs and surrounded by ferns & leaves. 18th Century. Each plate has a sc...

With tree and flower decoration.

An unusual Indonesian lobbed silver dish Jakarta (Batavia) or Coromandel coast, third quarter 17th century, apparently unmarked The eight lobbed dish exuberantly decorated with floral motifs, with the middle section replaced, consisting of indistinctly marked German silver from the early 19th century, bearing the coat-of-arms of the Von Pfeffel family. Diam. 30.5 cm Weight 461 grams Note: Lobbed silver dishes with exuberant floral decorations were characteristic of the decorative arts in the Netherlands in the first half of the 17th century. This style of floral decoration was adopted by silversmiths as well as by furniture makers working on the Coromandel Coast and in Batavia, often by workers who had fled the Coromandel Coast because of war and famine. In Batavia this style was known as “Custwerck” (work from the Bengal coast). These lobbed dishes are seldom marked. Only after 1667 the use of the town mark became obligatory in Batavia but only for silver made in Batavia not for silver imported in Batavia from other VOC settlements. The engraved coat of arms in the centre is a replacement of the original centre. The coat of arms can be identified as those of Christian Hubert von Pfeffel (1765- 1834). As a diplomat, statesman, ambassador of Bavaria in London and Saxony and councillor to the King of Bavaria, he was made “Freiherr” in 1828 and since then used this coat of arms. His son Karl Maximilian Friederich Hubert Freiherr von Pfeffel (1811-1890) in 1836 married Karoline Adelheid Pauline von Rottenburg (1805-1872), the natural daughter of Prins Paul von Württemberg (1785-1852) and his mistress Margrethe Porth. Paul was the jounger brother of the King Wilhelm I of Württemberg (1781-1864). The heraldic motto of the von Pfeffels Vur Schande habe den Huot means as much as “Beware of Shame”. Christian Hubert Theodoor Marie Karl von Pfeffel Karl Maximilian’s grandson was the last male in the von Pfeffel line. His daughter, Marie Louise (Paris in 1882 - Cornwall 1944), born and grown-up in France, changed her name in de Pfeffel. She was the great grandmother of Boris Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson, the present British Secretary of State. None of the members of the von Pfeffel family had any direct links with the Dutch East Indies but indirectly by way of the Royal House of Württemberg they did. Sophia Frederika Mathilda von Württemberg (1818-1877), daughter of Wilhelm I King of Württemberg, in 1839 married Willem III...

Rare antique 19th century Dutch lidded and footed 800 silver tankard/stein / pitcher, with ornate designs, faces and finial; gilded interior. Marked on base “JW 800M.” Provenance: J...

Antique Dutch delft ceramic tile - hand crafted - hand painted cobalt blue glaze - unsigned - Holland / Netherlands - 17th century. Contained in a professional contemporary metal ...

This antique charger is signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from the Netherlands and date to approximately 1750 and done in the period Delftware style. This e...

Set of five 19th century Hand painted delft vases including 3 Lidded Urns, also known as a garniture, elevate the blue & white art form to a special place, all having been hand-paint...

Vintage Delft ceramics Handpainted pair of egg holders egg stands in a shape of two hens.

An early 19th century French faience lidded jar; probably Rouen. Painted with a heraldic crest. Delft style.

A rare Dutch Caribbean silver water-scoop Curaçao, circa 1873, indistinctly marked, engraved with initials G R P Measures: L 35 cm, weight 221 gr...