Oud Delft Nijmegen very large handpainted Delft style 'garlic-neck' vase (tin glaze)

Very large (45,7 cm high) handpainted Delft style "garlic-neck" vase, made between 1940 and 1968 by the Oud Delft factory in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Dutch name for this type of vase is "knobbelvaas", which translates as "knob vase". The vase is painted in classical Delft style with on the body of the vase four identical cartouches (panels) containing Delft style flowers, separated by Delft style leaf and flower ornaments. The "knob" is also decorated with Delft style flowers. The mouth, neck and foot of the vase are decorated with Delft style ornaments. The vase is ribbed, which adds an extra sheen to the glaze. The inside of the vase is fully glazed.

This vase is decorated using a tin-glaze (or a pseudo-tin-glaze, a white glaze without any lead or tin oxide) technique very similar to how antique (17th and 18th century) Delftware was created. With the tin-glaze technique earthenware (made from local yellow or red baking clay) after a first firing is glazed with an opaque white tin-glaze. The decoration is then painted on this glaze and fused with it during a second firing. This creates a different effect than most modern Delftware, which is made from a (foreign) white baking clay mixture, on which after the first firing the decoration is directly painted and subsequently covered with a transparent glaze (before being fired a second time).

The vase is signed at the bottom with a handpainted Oud Delft mark (consisting of a potter's wheel and the letters O U D) which was used between 1940 and 1968, some vase model codes (040B and an underlined B) and the painter's signature, a "H".

Condition: good, except for one reglued chip and several smaller glaze chips at the foot of the vase (see detail pictures). The smaller glaze chips have been retouched with some blue paint to make them less visible. The damage is not very noticeable, but the price of the vase has been adjusted for this. Aside from this the vase in in very good condition, without any cracks, hairlines or other damages. There is a small spot on the rim of the vase where the glaze did not hold properly (see detail picture). These kind of small baking errors are often seen on vases of Oud Delft and should not be considered a defect. Overall, the glaze is in a good condition, with only minimal wear. Some minimal crazing can be seen on the outside and inside of the vase, this is appropriate to age and in our opinion just adds character to the vase.

An impressive and beautiful vase made in the classic Delft tradition. This vase will add style to a variety of interiors, from classic to modern.

Made by: Oud Delft

Place of manufacture: Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Year of manufacture: between 1940 and 1968

Method of decoration: handpainted (pseudo tin-glaze)

Size: height: 45,7 cm, diameter: 23,5 cm (capacity 7,9 litres)

Weight: 3,14 kg

Additional pictures of the object can be provided if required.

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About Oud Delft:

Oud Delft (meaning "Old Delft") produced decorative Delftware between 1921 and 1996 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. From 1921 to 1968 Oud Delft produced only handpainted blue and white and polychrome Delftware. From 1968 onwards, printing techniques started to replace the handpainting, with in the early years a mix between the two and in the later years only fully printed items. The handpainted items of Oud Delft were of good quality, and especially their polychrome items were easily recognisable by their distinctive palette of colours that differed from other producers. Unlike other producers, Oud Delft used an extra layer of white glaze as a background to their decorations, similar to the white tin-glaze layer once used on antique (19th century and earlier) Delftware. Most other producers of Delftware in the 20th century (with the notable exception of Tichelaar) just used the white biscuit of the stoneware used in modern Delftware as their background.

In 1996 Oud Delft was incorporated into Aardewerkfabriek 't Delftsche Huys in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands. They still produce (only fully printed, no handpainting) many of the models and designs of Oud Delft today.

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