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