Polychrome Delft

  • Antique Dutch Delft with Countryside Scene Netherlands, Circa 1780

    Antique Dutch Delft with Countryside Scene Netherlands, Circa 1780

    $300.00

    This hand-painted plate, made in the Netherlands around 1780, features the “Walking Man,” a decorative motif commonly found in 18th-century Dutch Delftware.
    The image depicts a man in mid-stride, wearing a wide-brimmed Dutch-style hat and carrying a cane.
    This motif reflects the Dutch appreciation for scenes of everyday life, capturing people engaged in daily activities.
    On our plate, the Walking Man strolls past a garden depicted by just a few brightly colored flowers.
    The border is decorated with a floral design painted in manganese purple and iron red.
    The artist used traditional Dutch Delft polychrome colors, including iron red, blue, moss green, and manganese.
    The plate is a lovely example of 18th c entury Delftware.

    Dimensions: 8.75″ diameter

    Condition: Excellent

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  • Pair Antique Dutch Delft Cows Hand Painted in Polychrome Colors Circa 1780

    Pair Antique Dutch Delft Cows Hand Painted in Polychrome Colors Circa 1780

    $1,400.00

    This charming pair of small Delft cows was made in Holland around 1780 and painted in the rare and delicate Petit Feu palette.
    Each cow, modeled in a recumbent pose, is beautifully expressive with soft brown forelocks, painted eyes, horns, and tails, and a lively spotted hide. Around each neck is a garland of hand-painted flowers, while across each back rests a bright floral blanket that adds gentle animation to the form.
    The palette, though soft, has remarkable vibrancy, showing the full range of colors achieved by the Petit Feu firing process.
    Both figures rest on grassy green bases shaped to their forms, each side further embellished with decorative marbling in hues of red, yellow, and blue.
    The cows’ peaceful expressions give them a touching charm, bridging folk artistry and fine decorative tradition.
    Dimensions: 3 inches tall x 3.5 inches across the base
    Condition: Excellent, with small chips to the ears invisibly restored
    Price: $1,400 for the pair
    Decoration: Polychrome enamels in Petit Feu colors, featuring garlands, floral blankets, and marbleized bases
    Material: Delft earthenware, tin-glazed
    Style: Dutch Delft polychrome figural pottery
    Origin: Holland
    Date: Circa 1780

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  • Five Delft Dishes in the "Lightning" Pattern

    Five Delft Dishes in the “Lightning” Pattern

    $1,530.00

    This set of plates has a zigzag pattern, one of the favorite decorations for upscale Dutch Delft in the 18th century.
    The hand painted Bliksem “Lightning” pattern was first made in Dutch Delft factories in the late 17th or early 18th century.
    The center of the plate shows an irregularly shaped medallion around flowering water plants.
    Zigzag lightning bolts shoot out from the center.
    The lightning bolts reach out to three flower-filled circles.
    The remaining space is filled with more flowering plants painted blue, green, yellow, and orange.
    This set was hand painted in the Netherlands circa 1820.                                                                                                                                                                                                The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a plate in its collection in this pattern made at De Witte Ster, “The White Star,” between 1705 and 1723
    Dimensions: 8.75″ diameter
    Condition: Excellent with tiny edge frits invisibly restored

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  • Delft Plate or Dish Hand Painted Polychrome Colors Netherlands C-1800

    Delft Plate or Dish Hand Painted Polychrome Colors Netherlands C-1800

    $380.00

    This hand painted Dutch Delft plate features a lovely flower-filled vase painted with vibrant hues of lemon yellow, blue, iron red, and purple.
    The bright yellow blossom captures your attention.
    Stretching gracefully across the center are four delicate blue flowers, accompanied by a solitary iron red bloom, all elegantly framed by light green leaves on purple branches.
    The effect is beautiful.
    Circling the center is a band of yellow decorated with blue flowers and green leaves.
    The border is decorated with dashes of purple set against a backdrop of lemon yellow.

    Dimensions: 9″ diameter

    Condition: Excellent with minor edge frits invisibly restored

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  • Delft Charger Hand Painted Polychrome Colors 18th Century Netherlands C-1780

    Delft Charger Hand Painted Polychrome Colors 18th Century Netherlands C-1780

    $480.00

    Made in the Netherlands circa 1780, this lovely Delft charger features a hand painted bouquet of beautiful flowers.
    We see a large yellow tulip, yellow tulip buds, and bright blue leaves, all tied together with an iron red bow.
    Encircling the bouquet of flowers is a wide band of geometric pattern painted in iron red, and yellow.
    The border has a second band of geometric pattern, this one painted in two shades of blue.

    Dimensions: 13.5″ diameter

    Condition: Excellent with small edge frits invisible restored

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  • Antique Dutch Delft Charger Hand Painted Polychrome Garden Scene C-1780

    Antique Dutch Delft Charger Hand Painted Polychrome Garden Scene C-1780

    $480.00

    This antique Dutch Delft charger is hand-painted in a vibrant polychrome palette that immediately draws the eye to its rich cobalt blue rockwork, a bold foundation that intensifies the surrounding greens, ochres, iron red, and manganese purple.
    At the center unfolds a stylized garden scene: a willow tree with a softly modeled purple trunk and drooping ochre leaves, a large white blossom accented in manganese, and curling foliage in lively green and red.
    A purple garden fence with yellow posts outlined in red anchors the composition, while the brilliant blue rockwork provides contrast and depth, heightening the harmony of the entire design.
    The composition reflects the decorative confidence of 18th-century Dutch Delft, where strong color relationships and fluid brushwork transform a simple garden motif into a scene of movement and vitality.
    The cobalt is not merely decorative; it organizes the composition, balancing the lighter tones and giving the piece visual weight. The result is both lively and composed, with each element working in concert.
    Dimensions: 14.25″ diameter
    Condition: Excellent with small edge chips invisibly restored
    Decoration: Hand-painted polychrome garden scene with willow tree and fence
    Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
    Style: Dutch Delft, 18th century
    Origin: Netherlands
    Date: 18th century

    Notable Details:
    Vibrant polychrome palette including cobalt, manganese, iron red, and ochre
    Central willow tree with distinctive purple trunk
    Bold cobalt blue rockwork enhancing color harmony
    Decorative border with scrolling green foliage and yellow roundels
    Large scale suitable for wall display

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  • Three Antique Delft Chargers Hand Painted Netherlands Circa 1780

    Three Antique Delft Chargers Hand Painted Netherlands Circa 1780

    $960.00

    This collection of three antique Dutch Delft chargers showcases the craftsmanship of the 18th-century potteries in the city of Delft.
    Each charger is hand painted in a vibrant array of polychrome hues, including cobalt blue, green, yellow, iron red, ochre, and manganese purple.
    The charger on the bottom of the main image shows a beautiful hand painted flower-filled garden.
    We see a single large flower with green and iron red leaves, a willow tree with a purple trunk and ochre leaves, a garden fence painted in manganese with yellow posts outlined in iron red, and vibrant blue rockwork, which enhances all the other colors of the scene.
    The charger at the upper left of the image shows a lovely sprig of flowers with a large yellow tulip, yellow tulip buds, and bright blue leaves, all tied with an iron red bow.
    Around the center is a wide band with an iron red and yellow geometric pattern.
    The border has green leaves and a geometric pattern in two shades of blue.
    The third, slightly smaller charger (12″diameter) features a beautiful songbird settled on a flowering tree branch. Three butterflies are hovering nearby.
    The border has six panels, each with a floral design separated by iron red “diamonds.”
    The overall effect is harmonious and lovely!

    Diameters: 14″, 13.5″, and 12″

    Condition: Each charger is in excellent condition with slight edge frits invisibly restored.

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  • Antique Delft Charger 18th Century Polychrome Colors Netherlands Circa 1770

    Antique Delft Charger 18th Century Polychrome Colors Netherlands Circa 1770

    $780.00

    This large 18th century Dutch Delft charger is a particularly beautiful example of Delft’s fascination with imagined Eastern landscapes, rendered with confidence, balance, and rich color. The broad central well is hand-painted with a finely composed chinoiserie scene in vibrant polychrome enamels, where warm iron red, soft yellow, green, purple, and deep cobalt blue are brought into harmony against the creamy white ground.
    At the center, delicate pavilion-like houses with exotic, upturned roofs sit along a rocky shoreline, their architectural forms lending rhythm and structure to the scene. Behind them, gently rising mountains flow toward the water’s edge, while a single expressive tree anchors the composition, its red foliage spreading across the sky with an almost calligraphic grace. The painter’s confident brushwork gives the landscape a sense of movement and air, allowing the eye to travel naturally through foreground, middle distance, and horizon.
    The wide rim enhances the charger’s decorative impact, bordered with a refined pattern of iron red darts set within crisp blue cross-hatching. This framing device not only heightens the color contrast but also emphasizes the charger’s generous scale, making it a striking display piece whether hung or placed on a stand. The combination of scale, lively polychrome decoration, and assured painting places this charger among the more engaging Delft chargers of the period.
    Dimensions: 13.75 inches diameter, 1.75 inches tall
    Condition: Excellent
    Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
    Style: Dutch Delft, Chinoiserie
    Origin: The Netherlands
    Date: Circa 1770

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  • Dutch Delft Charger Hand Painted 18th Century Circa 1770

    Dutch Delft Charger Hand Painted 18th Century Circa 1770

    $780.00

    This antique Dutch Delft charger was made in the 18th century, circa 1770. It features a beautiful flower-filled garden hand painted in beautiful polychrome colors. We see a single large, bright yellow peony, other flowers painted in shades of purple, flower buds painted red, green leaves, a pierced rock painted deep cobalt blue, and the garden fence painted red and yellow. The border of the charger is decorated with a ring of flower buds in purple and red with green leaves. The overall effect is lovely!

    Dimensions: 12.25 diameter x 1.75″ tall

    Condition: Excellent with slight edge frits invisibly restored

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  • Dutch Delft Pancake Plate Lightning Pattern by De Paeuw 'The Peacock' Circa 1730

    Dutch Delft Pancake Plate Lightning Pattern by De Paeuw ‘The Peacock’ Circa 1730

    $530.00

    This extraordinary Dutch Delft pancake plate was made in the early 18th century. Beautifully hand-painted, it features bold zigzag lighting bolts, Bliksemborden, which seem to flash across the plate. Between the lightning bolts, we see clouds painted yellow with red decorations and flowering plants painted blue, green, yellow, and orange. This is one of the very best Dutch polychrome designs. Made by the De Paeuw (The Peacock) factory circa 1730, the decoration on this plate was inspired by Japanese Imari porcelains.

    For an image and more information on this plate, see Delft Ceramics at the Philadelphia Museum of Art by B Schaap pg. 52.

    Dimensions: 9″ in diameter x 1″ tall

    Condition: Excellent with tiny edge frits invisibly restored

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  • Pair 18th Century Dutch Delft Plates Hand-Painted Birds & Garden Scene

    Pair 18th Century Dutch Delft Plates Hand-Painted Birds & Garden Scene

    $740.00

    These Dutch pancake plates are adorned with a beautiful hand-painted scene depicting an imaginary garden with an array of flowers growing above the garden fence. A pair of long-tailed songbirds can also be seen in the garden. The landscape is painted in polychrome. In the center, a bird is perched on the fence; a second bird flies above, while numerous plants and flowers sprout from rocks. Another bird is depicted flying in the air.
    The scene is painted in bold Imari colors of cobalt blue and iron red, enhanced by forest green and bright yellow, which replaces the use of gilding.
    As is traditional with Dutch pancake plates, the scene covers the entire surface, with no decorative border.
    The effect is marvelous!
    This pair of plates was made in the Netherlands circa 1780.
    Dimensions: 8.85″ in diameter x 1″ deep
    Condition: Excellent with very small edge frits invisibly restored

     

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  • Antique Dutch Delft Garniture Five Pieces Hand Painted Circa 1860-1870

    Antique Dutch Delft Garniture Five Pieces Hand Painted Circa 1860-1870

    $2,100.00

    This charming Dutch Delft garniture comprises the traditional five pieces: two beaker vases and three baluster-form jars with covers.
    Made in the mid to late 19th century, it reflects the enduring Delft tradition and the 19th-century revival of 18th-century pastoral decoration.
    Each piece is hand-painted with a romantic countryside scene showing a shepherdess seated beneath a large tree, her sheep grazing in a meadow that stretches toward a church steeple and distant castle.
    The artist used a harmonious palette of two blues, green, yellow, iron red, and manganese to create a warm and atmospheric composition.
    Each scene is framed within a molded cartouche painted in bright yellow and manganese with floral accents at the top and base.
    The reverse sides display leafy branches and blossoms, providing decorative continuity throughout the set.
    Each cover bears a painted yellow flower and is surmounted by a lion finial—a traditional Delft emblem that remained popular throughout the 19th century.
    Several pieces are marked HB in blue on the underside.
    Dimensions:  The covered vases are 15″ tall x 7″ wide x 4.25″ deep at the base.
    The open vases are 10″ tall x 5.5″ wide x 3.75″ deep at the base.
    Condition: Excellent
    Price: $2,100
    Decoration: Hand-painted pastoral scenes within molded polychrome cartouches
    Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
    Style: Dutch Delft Revival
    Origin: Netherlands
    Date: Circa 1860–1870
         Notable Details:
    • Traditional five-piece garniture: three covered jars and two beaker vases
    • Hand-painted pastoral scenes with shepherdess, church, and castle
    • Vibrant 19th-century Delft color palette with yellow, manganese, and red
    • Molded cartouches with floral accents and detailed reverse decoration
    • Lion finials typical of Delft revival pieces from the late 19th century
    • Several pieces marked HB in blue beneath the base

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  • Antique Delft Purple Floral Plates Hand Painted 18th Century Set of 5

    Antique Delft Purple Floral Plates Hand Painted 18th Century Set of 5

    $450.00

    This set of five antique Dutch Delft plates is hand-painted in a rich purple derived from manganese, the color softly glowing against the pale tin-glazed ground.
    At the center of each plate stands a flowering peony, its blossoms fully open, the composition framed by delicate floral sprigs and a rhythmic border along the rim.
    The restrained palette and confident brushwork create a striking harmony between form and decoration.
    The design was created by Hugo Brouwer, active from 1760 to 1788, who worked at De Drie Porceleyne Flesschen in Delft. Brouwer developed the pattern, and the plates were executed in his factory using a stencil to guide the composition, then completed by hand.
    Each example in the set bears Brouwer’s H B mark, confirming authorship. C. H. de Jonge, in Delft Ceramics, notes on page 126 that Hugo Brouwer signed his work with his initials, HB, and the mark is illustrated on page 157.
    A fruit dish by Brouwer is held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 94.4.341.
    The peony, long associated with prosperity and abundance, is rendered here with lively line and confident shading.
    The purple tone, achieved through manganese oxide, was especially admired in the eighteenth century for its depth and subtle tonal variation. This set offers an opportunity to acquire five cohesive works directly tied to a documented Delft master.
    Dimensions: Diameter 9 inches
    Condition: Excellent
    Decoration: Hand-painted purple floral peony design with border sprigs
    Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
    Style: 18th Century Dutch Delft
    Origin: Delft, The Netherlands
    Date: Circa 1760 to 1788

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