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How can you tell real Delft pottery?

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How can you tell real Delft pottery?
Delftware often has a maker's mark on the base or back of the item consisting of letters or figurative symbols to show where the item was manufactured. Today markings will say hand-painted in Holland as well as the phrase Delft blue in Dutch or English.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
Delft Porceleyne Fles Small Wall Plates, the Hague and Delft, 1894 and 1912
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Delft Porceleyne Fles small wall plates, The Hague and Delft, 1894 and 1912 3 Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles rectangular small wall plates with floral b...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by Louis Apol, 1908
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by Louis Apol, 1908 An oval applique with an image after a painting by Louis Apol (1850-1936). A ...
Category

Antique Early 1900s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Por Fles Large Tile Tablaeu De Waag By Cornelis Springer 1898
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles, Royal Delft, Cornelius Springer
Located in Oirlo, LI
This very large and beautiful old tile platter was made and hand-painted at the Proceleine Fles Delft in 1898. The tile platter features a motif by Cornelis Springer (1817-1891). The...
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Other Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Jugs, 1899-1903
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles jugs, 1899-1903 Two Delft Porceleyne Fles jugs with in medallion painted scenes and floral decoration. The sailing boat is from the year U = 1899 and p...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Delft and Faience

Materials

Earthenware

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898 A shell shaped porcelain applique with in a medallion painted scene af...
Category

Antique 1890s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Porceleyne Fles, Delft Plaque Painted After a Painting of Philips Wouwerman
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A Porceleyne Fles, delft plaque painted after a painting of Philips Wouwerman A Porceleyne Fles, delft plaque painted after a 17th century. painti...
Category

20th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain, Oak

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