Boch Frères Keramis antique handpainted Delft blue beaker vase with watermill == RESERVED for JACK ==

Beautiful medium to large antique handpainted Delft blue style beaker vase made between 1874 and 1900 by Boch Frères Keramis in La Louvière, Belgium. The eight-sided vase is finely decorated in classic Delft 17th-18th century style painted in cobalt blue on white tin-glaze (or a white glaze similar to tin-glaze). The decoration shows within a cartouche on the front side a typical Dutch (or Belgian?) landscape with a tree and a watermill. The painting is of high quality, very detailed. The decoration is completed with Delft style leaf and flower ornaments which run down the sides to the back. The inside of the vase is fully glazed and decorated at the rim with some symbols.

The vase is marked at the bottom with a handpainted BFK (Boch Frères Keramis) mark, a model or series number ("822.VDN") and a painter’s signature ("T.", the signature of Mr Michiel Thies, a well-known Delft style painter at BFK). There is also the number 17/4, which is probably a batch number. Impressed in the ceramic the number 6 or 9 can be found, as well as the number 4 combined with the letter "N".

This vase was produced in the famous "Chambre des Peintres Hollandais" of Boch Frères Keramis (now Royal Boch) in La Louvière, Belgium. This was a special chamber at the BFK factory where handpainted Delft style ceramics were made in the best of Dutch traditions by Dutch painters hired from the Netherlands (from Delft and Maastricht).

The handpainted ceramics of the "Chambre des Peintres" was oriented towards the wealthier customers, in addition to the main lines of ceramics from the factory which were produced for the more general public, in an industrial manner using transfer (printing) techniques.

Condition: excellent, as new. There are no cracks, restorations or damages. The glaze has no visible wear and a nice gentle gloss. There is no crazing of the glaze, also not inside the vase. The inside of the vase is clean.

A beautiful and sturdy antique vase in excellent condition made in classic 17th-18th century Delft style. The painting is of high quality. A beautiful addition to any Delftware collection, or to add a bit of style and class to any interior.

Made by: Boch Frères Keramis (Royal Boch)

Place of manufacture: La Louvière, Belgium

Year of manufacture: between 1874 - 1900

Method of decoration: handpainted (in-glaze)

Size: height 22,2 cm, width 13,2 cm, depth 11,6 cm (capacity 900 ml)

Weight: 800 g

Additional pictures of the object can be provided if required.

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About Boch Frères Keramis (Royal Boch):

In 1844 the brothers Eugène and Victor Boch started a ceramic factory in La Louvière, in the mid-south of Belgium. The brothers were from the Boch family which also owned large ceramic factories in Germany and Luxembourg, under the famous name of Villeroy and Boch. The factory in La Louvière produced decorative ceramics and tableware in a variety of styles using transfer printing techniques (copperplate engravings transferred to ceramics).

Around 1874 the factory also started to produce fine handpainted ceramics in Delft style by hiring Dutch painters from the Netherlands. These Delft style pieces are signed with a handpainted mark which is a combination of the letters B F K. These products are known as products from the "Chambre des Peintres Hollandais" (the Dutch painters chamber). In addition to these Delft style pieces several other styles of handpainted ceramics were also made (in various French, Persian and Chinese styles), but these products have a different mark.

The production of the "Chambre des Peintres" ended somewhere around 1900, and the factory continued with production of transfer printed pieces (also in Delft style) and ceramics in Art Nouveau and later also Art Deco styles. From 1920 onwards the factory became well known for its high-quality pieces of the designer Charles Catteau, and later also Raymond Chevallier.

Like many other ceramic factories, Boch Frères Keramis during the sixties and seventies struggled to keep production profitable, facing a strong rise in labour costs. In 1985 the company went bankrupt and was liquidated. From 1985 to 2009 the ownership of the factory passed through several hands and production activities were reduced or split off. Since 2009 a new owner is active who tries to bring new life into the factory and to continue the legacy of the BFK brand. More information can be found on the website www.royalboch.com.

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