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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The “HB” Mark

The blue “HB” monogram is most often associated with H. B. or Huibrecht Brouwer, a potter active in Makkum, Friesland, in the 19th century.
The Brouwer family workshop (“Tichelaar Makkum”) was one of the main producers of traditional Delft-style faience through the 1800s, continuing to make hand-painted, tin-glazed earthenware in the older style when most Delft factories had closed.
Their marks often appear in blue, usually underglaze, and can vary slightly in font and spacing.

Background

The technique of making Delft was first described in writing by Gerrit Paape in “The Delft Pottery Maker,” written in 1794 and dedicated to Lambertus Sanderus, the owner of De Porceleyne Claeuw (The Porcelain Claw). Delft faience began in the 17th century. Much of the finest Delft was produced in the Dutch city of Delft. The Delft potters began to coat their pots thoroughly in a white tin glaze. They then began to cover the white tin-glaze with a clear glaze, which gave depth to the fired surface and smoothness to cobalt blues. Over time they created a good resemblance to porcelain. By circa 1650 the technical skills of the potters and painters were much improved, and Delft began its golden age.

 


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