18th Century Delft Faience Lamp

A 19th century delft faience polychrome painted vase with round body and narrow neck ending in an open bulb. Beautifully decorated in blue, orange, brown and green with large medalli...

A delft faience apothecary jar, or pharmacy pot, with domed lid, blue hand painted decoration and label: U Populeum. Unmarked. Chip to rim of jar.

A good 18th Century Faience Polychrome Italian plate, in good condition with no chips no hairline. Dimensions are 9" diameter and 1.25" high. Please refer to photos for details.   

A good 18th century French Faience from La Rochelle with Primitive hand painted decor. All in good condition with chips around the edges. No hairline and no restorations noted. Dimen...

A magnificent large 18th century Dutch Delft blue and white baluster vase, the central panel depicting a superb urn of flowers and foliage, now mounted as a lamp with hand gilded fit...

A superb pair of large early 18th century Dutch Delft vases, each decorated throughout in tones of blue on a white background with wonderful chinoiserie decoration in the Kangxi styl...

Late 17th Century Large Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified. Of octagonal shape, decorated with oriental figures in a landscape. The dimensions indicated herein include the lampshade. The vase only with its base and cover is approximately 12in. high by 8in. diameter. The arrival in Western Europe of the first shiploads of Chinese porcelain, lacquerware, ivory and silk in the 17th century stimulated interest in China, or Cathay, as it was then called. Europeans soon began copying the Chinese artworks and decorative objects. These decorative arts inspired by China, which enjoyed their heyday in the late 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, are known as chinoiserie. Soon after the introduction of expensive Chinese...

19th century, Delft covered jar, later as a lamp with gilt-wood base. Single bulb, knob switch. 18" diameter, textured fabric shade is off white.