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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...
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Por Fles Large Tile Tablaeu De Waag By Cornelis Springer 1898
By Royal Delft, Cornelius Springer, De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
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...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Other Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

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

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

Very Large Plate by Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles after C. Bisschop, 1889
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A very large plate by Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles after C. Bisschop, 1889 A delft Porceleyne Fles wall plate after a painting of Christoffel Bisschop...
Category

Antique 1880s Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Tile "Oostpoort Delft" After L. Senf, 1896
By De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles tile "Oostpoort Delft" after L. Senf, 1896 A Delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 20.5 cm high, 14,5 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents the "Oost...
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Porcelain

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