Antique Dutch Delft with Countryside Scene Netherlands, Circa 1780
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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

In stock

Background of Delft

The origins of Delft are found in the Middle East. Tin ash was used in a glaze for pottery as early as the 9th century in Mesopotamia. Using white glaze over a dark or buff-colored pottery body created a “canvas” on which painters could show brilliant colors that did not appear well on the earlier pottery’s darker bodies.

Background of Polychrome Delft

Beginning in the last quarter of the 16th century, Italian artisans introduced tin-glazed pottery painted in polychrome colors into the Netherlands. The defining characteristics of this pottery are a paste that is cream to light buff-colored and decoration that includes geometric, floral, figural, and Chinese motifs painted in iron-red (orange), blue, green, and yellow.

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