This pair of Dutch Delft blue and white covered jars, painted circa 1770, has the scale, clarity, and completeness that distinguish fine eighteenth-century examples. Fully composed on every side, they show careful planning and confident brushwork that allow them to command space in the round.

The front of each jar presents a chinoiserie landscape with a standing figure in a garden and a boy observing from a terrace, framed within formal lambrequins and scrolling ornament. The reverse is equally considered, with flowering branches and a long-tailed bird that introduce movement and contrast.

The cobalt is handled with assurance, shifting from soft atmospheric washes to deeper saturated passages. The blue remains clear and lively, and its tonal variation gives dimension to the scenes while harmonizing with the warm, creamy tin-glazed ground. Subtle pooling at the brush edges adds energy without heaviness.

The softly faceted bodies strengthen the form and animate the painted surface as light moves across the planes. The octagonal covers are crowned with crisply modeled leopard finials, expressive and alert. The survival of both original covers with closely matched finials meaningfully strengthens the integrity of the pair.
At twelve and a half inches high and thirteen inches with their custom wood stands, the jars have a balanced and substantial presence. The strength of the cobalt and the clarity of the form give the pair a confident and settled presence.
Dimensions: 13 inches high with stand; jars 12.5 inches high by 6 inches wide by 4.5 inches deep
Condition: Excellent with tiny edge frits invisibly restored
Decoration: Hand-painted blue and white chinoiserie scenes with floral and lambrequin motifs
Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
Style: Crafted in the traditional 17th and 18th century Delft style
Origin: Netherlands
Date: Circa 1770

This fine 18th-century Dutch Delft jar was hand painted in blue and white circa 1780.
The octagonal body is decorated with a swirling cobalt blue floral design.
The painter’s confident brushwork alternates deep cobalt blue with soft, translucent shading, creating a lively sense of movement across the surface.
The jar’s shoulder features a band of acanthus leaf decoration.
At the top, a lively foo dog finial adds a delightful detail.
The jar is in excellent condition, with a luminous glaze and richly preserved decoration.

Dimensions: 20.5″ tall x 9″ across the widest point x 5.5″ across the base

Condition: Excellent

Decoration: Hand-painted cobalt floral and foliate design on an octagonal body with matching lid
Material: Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware)
Style: 18th Century Dutch Delft, inspired by Chinese export porcelain
Origin: Netherlands
Date: Circa 1780

This pair of Dutch Delft mantle jars was hand-painted in the Netherlands circa 1770.
The decoration captures the quiet poetry of the Dutch countryside.
Each jar is painted in luminous cobalt blue with a pastoral scene of cows resting peacefully within a fenced meadow.
The meadow is framed by gently bending trees and distant mountains beneath a sky dotted with birds in flight.
The composition draws the viewer’s eye to the cows, a symbol of rural life and harmony with nature.
Each jar is topped with a finial in the form of a pug-like dog, inspired by the Chinese ‘foo dog’ motif.
The jars convey a sense of tranquility, showcasing a scene of everyday Dutch life in an elegant shape.
Dimensions: 14.5″ tall x 6.5″ diameter at the widest point x 4″ diameter at the base
Condition: Excellent, with minor edge chips invisibly restored
Price: $1,600
Notable Details
Pair of 18th-century Dutch Delft mantle jars
Hand-painted in blue and white with pastoral cow scenes
Covers topped with classic Delft spotted lion finials
Rococo-inspired design, combining pastoral imagery with sculptural lids

This elegant marked pair of Dutch Delft vases dates from the early 18th century.
It was hand-painted between 1705 and 1716 at De Drie Posteleyne Astonne workshop.
A similar pair can be found in the Philadelphia Museum’s Bradbury Bedell Memorial Collection 1921-3-159, 160.
The vases are beautifully hand-painted and feature cobalt blue decoration in the early to mid-18th-century “Thousand Flowers” style.
Each vase depicts a lovely garden scene with a long-tailed songbird surrounded by flowers, leaves, and scrolling vines.
The decoration around each base consists of ornamental panels alternating with a floral motif.
Fine blue lines encircle and define the five sections of each vase.
The design is lively, and the painting is beautifully done.
The quality of the glaze is exceptional.
The vases have a traditional, softly rounded hexagonal shape with bases that flare out at the bottom.
Their long hexagonal necks end in a flared trumpet-shaped opening.
In Dutch, this type of vase is called “knobbelvaas.”
Dimensions: 12 inches tall x 5.5 inches at the widest point
Condition: Excellent
Marks: PK for Pieter Kam at the De Drie Posteleyne Astonne workshop marks (see the mark in the last image).
1. Form of the Mark
The tall vertical stroke with a small angled “K” is a known PK variant, similar to the “PK 7” and “PK 8” marks on Delftware from about 1700–1710. Its slightly uneven brushwork is consistent with authentic early Delft.
2. Attribution
Both Pieter Gerritsz Kam (active c.1700–1705) and his widow Maria van der Kloot (c.1705–1716) used PK. The mark places it firmly in the Kam workshop.
3. Comparison with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum’s Bradbury Bedell Collection includes jars with nearly identical PK marks. Like our pair, they are octagonal vases with blue-and-white decoration, confirming a close link to the Kam workshop’s recognized output.

This pair of large Delft jars has a traditional blue and white floral decoration painted on a white tin-glazed ground.
The body of each jar features four large panels; two show a peacock among flowers, and two show a vase overflowing with flowers.
The shoulders and cover are decorated in a traditional style with floral panels separated by “diamonds.”
This pair of jars were made by the Delft factory of Boch Frères Keramis in La Louvière, Belgium.
The underside of each jar is marked. From the marks, we date the jars to circa 1922.

Dimensions: Height 16.5″ x diameter at the widest point 8.5″ x diameter at the base 5″.

Condition: Excellent