This hand-painted Dutch Delft vase, made circa 1770, is a beautiful example of 18th-century tin-glazed earthenware in blue and white.
Rising to more than eighteen inches, the vase has a sculptural silhouette that moves gracefully from its octagonal base to the rounded body, slender neck, and round upper section, ending in a flared notched rim.
The decoration is richly painted with songbirds among flowering branches, with small blossoms scattered throughout to create a light mille-fleurs effect.
The clarity of the cobalt blue, the confident brushwork, and the interplay of large and small motifs give the vase a lively visual rhythm.
Around the shoulders, a band of lappets articulates the change in contour, while a ring of stiff leaves encircles the neck, adding definition and upward movement.
The tin-glazed surface has a soft sheen typical of fine Delftware, and the underside shows rough marks where the vase was pried from the kiln floor after firing, an authentic detail of 18th-century production.

Condition: Excellent, with very small edge chips invisibly restored.

Dimensions: 18.25″ tall × 8.5″ diameter × 6.5″ base

Decoration: Hand-painted songbirds and flowers with scattered blossoms, stiff leaves at the neck, lappets at the shoulders
Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
Style: 18th-century Dutch Delft, blue and white
Origin: The Netherlands
Date: Circa 1770
Notable Details:
Beautiful hand-painted decoration with birds and florals
Tall sculptural form with octagonal base and rounded contours
Deep cobalt palette with confident, fluid brushwork
Stiff-leaf neck band and lappet shoulder motif
Underside retains rough kiln-release marks from firing

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.

Made Circa 1780, this 18th century Dutch Delft vase was hand painted with floral decoration of flowers and scrolling vines.
A beautiful deep cobalt blue covers most of the surface.
The vase has a traditional Dutch Delft shape; an octagonal base rising to the main body, a slim neck ending in a flower bulb shape, and an everted mouth.

Dimensions: 10.5″ tall x 4.75″ diameter
Condition: Excellent with small edge chips invisibly restored

This hand-painted jar and cover from circa 1790 boasts beautiful Dutch Delft floral artwork. The intricate design features a stunning array of blooms and vines in deep and medium cobalt blue. The shoulders of the jar are adorned with lappets filled with flower heads, and its octagonal form is topped with a simple, deep blue knop.

Dimensions: 12.75″ tall x 6″ at widest point x 4.75″ across base

Condition: Excellent with small edge frits invisibly restored

The first thing you notice is the magnificent spiral snake handles. The large blue and white Dutch Delft covered jar is fully decorated. The elaborate decoration on the front features a lovely waterside scene topped with an armorial shield supported by angels. On the reverse, we see a beautiful romantic scene showing a courting couple with the man playing the guitar and the young lady listening appreciatively (see images). The vase’s base, shoulder, and cover are decorated with wide bands of deep cobalt blue lappets.

Dimensions: 21 inches tall x 16 inches across the handles x 8 inches diameter of the base

Condition: Very good; (there is invisible restoration to small edge chips and some craquelure in the glaze.