De Porceleyne Fles handmade white Delft footed cake or fruit dish
$73.21
Beautiful medium sized (26,7 x 8,5 cm) white Delft cake / fruit dish made by De Porceleyne Fles in Delft, the Netherlands. The handmade dish has a thick creamy white glaze, very similar to the antique tin-glazed white Delftware that was produced from the 17th till the 19th centuries. White Delft (earthenware covered with a white tin-glaze) has always been produced alongside the decorated items (blue and white and polychrome) made by Delft factories. They provided an affordable alternative to the decorated wares and have their own simple beauty. The footed dish has a fluted and lobed design, which adds an extra sheen to the glaze.
The foot of the dish is marked with a printed Porceleyne Fles Delft mark and a water-resistant blue and silver "Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles" (Royal Porceleyne Fles) factory sticker. A small nick to the glaze has been intentionally applied to the Porceleyne Fles mark, which is a sign that this item was considered a "second" by the factory. We have not been able to find a defect which would justify this category.
Condition: excellent, as new. There are no damages or defects. There is no visible wear to the glaze. Only the unglazed footring shows a bit of wear / greying, which is inevitable. The glaze shows no crazing and has a beautiful, delicate gloss. The factory sticker is still in an excellent condition.
A beautiful footed fruit or cake dish which will bring a touch of class to any table! Also great as a centrepiece or displayed in a cabinet.
Made by: De Porceleyne Fles
Place of manufacture: Delft, the Netherlands
Year of manufacture: judging by the factory sticker not earlier than 1980
Method of decoration: white glaze
Size: diameter: 26,7 cm, height: 8,5 cm
Weight: 880 g
Additional pictures of the object can be provided if required.
Current catalogue price: The Porceleyne Fles today still produces a limited number of white Delft items. They can be found on the website of De Porceleyne Fles here: https://royaldelft.com/en/shop/?wpf_filter_colour=delft-white. A blue and white version of this dish (very similar but slightly smaller) can be found here: https://royaldelft.com/en/shop/dish-2/. And the polychrome version here: https://royaldelft.com/en/shop/bowl-5/.
This dish is not dishwasher safe (it would lead to crazing of the glaze). Always wash it by hand if you need to clean it.
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About De Porceleyne Fles:
De Porceleyne Fles (also known as Royal Delft) is the most renowned Delftware factory in the Netherlands that still produces handpainted Delftware today. It is the only remaining factory of the 32 earthenware factories that were established in Delft during the 17th century. Founded in 1653, it has been active without interruption for over 365 years.
The quality of the painting of De Porceleyne Fles (PF) Delftware is very high, with painters receiving many years of training before they can start painting the designs. It takes no less than ten years of training / experience to become a 'master painter', who paint the more complicated designs and landscapes / sceneries.
De Porceleyne Fles produces Delftware in a variety of styles, which include beside the well-known blue and white (Delft blue) style amongst others a polychrome style, an imari style (Pijnacker), a green style (Delvert) and a 'famille Noire' style (Black Delft).
A characteristic of the glaze used by PF is that it tends to craze with age a bit more than compared with other Delftware producers. So older items of PF are virtually always crazed to some extent, which does add charm to the object and should not be considered a defect.
Besides the traditional (and expensive) handpainted Delftware PF nowadays also produces more modern and affordable lines of Delftware whereby the decoration is put onto the product by hand by means of a screenprinted transfer. These products are then called "handmade" instead of "handpainted".
More information can be found on the website of Royal Delft: https://www.royaldelft.com/en/.
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This beautiful item will be carefully packed and send by tracked and insured mail.
If you buy multiple items from our shop in one purchase, we will try to combine the items into one parcel. Any excess shipping costs will be refunded.
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may contact us within 14 days from the delivery date to return the item. If the item is returned in its original condition, we will issue a refund for the total purchase price of the item (return shipping costs are however not covered).
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What are your shipping times?
We will send off your order within one or two working days. We use the standard parcel service of PostNL to ship our parcels. You can find their estimated delivery times per country here www.postnl.nl/en/customer-service/international-delivery-times-post-and-parcels/. In the fourth column you can find the delivery times of the standard service (in estimated business / working days). Please keep in mind that customs / import procedures in non-EU countries can sometimes add an extra week (or even two weeks) to the delivery times.
On request we can also ship with UPS for a faster delivery: expedited (within 10 days) or express (within a few days). There are no custom delays when shipping with UPS. Contact us before the purchase to get a quote.
How do you pack your items, will my item arrive safely?
Broken ceramics is a thing we do not like! Not only is it a waste of time and money, but it also (often) means the end for a rare and unique item, which was treasured and cared for by their previous owners. So we really want to avoid any damages during shipping!
We have lots of experience of shipping ceramics, and we have seen what works and what does not work to protect ceramics during transit. If we ship multiple items in one package, each item is carefully wrapped and kept well seperated from the other items. We use large boxes, with plenty of buffer all around the items, so the packages can withstand a lot of abuse. All our packages should be able to cope with a 1,5 m drop without the items getting damaged.
Do you take care of the environment?
Yes we do. We re-use packaging materials as much as possible, which means we rarely have to buy new materials for our packaging. Only foam peanuts are sometimes bought by us, in which case we choose starch based peanuts which are fully biodegradable, non-toxic and water-soluble.
Each year, we calculate the greenhouse gas emissions in CO2-equivalents caused by our shipping. We multiply that amount by 150% and then offset it in certified CO2 compensation projects based on tree planting / reforestation in Bolivia and Uganda. See https://treesforall.nl/en/project/ for more information on the projects.
How should I take care of my Dutch ceramics?
First of all, don't let them fall! Always handle them in a mindful way and put them in spots where they cannot be accidentally bumped over when cleaning or vacuuming. Some people put some (clean) sand in vases to make them more stable.
Second, don't clean them too often! Underglaze painted Gouda and Delftware can be perfectly cleaned with water if necessary, but often just dusting them off or polishing them up a bit with a soft dry cloth is enough. Overglaze painted items should not be cleaned too often.
The colours of ceramics do not fade in sunlight, so you can put them in bright spots where they look good. But do avoid large temperature differences, which will cause increased crazing in many Delftware and also Gouda type pieces.