Mosa Maastricht large transferware Delft style porcelain garniture set with castle decor

Large 3-piece Delft style transferware garniture set made between 1900 and 1930 by Mosa in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The set features a large (40 x 22,5 cm) covered vase with two matching beaker vases (28 x 18 cm). The hexagonal (six-sided) white porcelain vases are decorated underglaze with blue transfer prints applied by hand. The vases feature on the front side a large cartouche with a castle or wall tower near a lake with boats. The cartouches are surrounded by Delft style leaf and flower ornaments which continue from the front side to the back. The lid of the centre vase is decorated in a similar way, with a floral cartouche on the front surrounded by Delft style ornaments which continue to the back. The lid is crowned with a finial in the shape of a lion holding a heraldic shield. Both beaker vases have an identical decoration, with the print on one vase being slightly more blurry than on the other. The vases are very robust, with thick walls made to last a lifetime or longer.

The bottom of the vases are marked with a "n/Delft" (which is short for "naar Delft", meaning "after Delft" or "Delft style") mark which was used by Mosa between 1900 and 1930. It includes the decor number, which is 514 B for both beaker vases and 510 for the lidded vase.

Condition: the vases are in a very good condition, without any hairlines, cracks, damages or restorations. There is very little wear to the glaze of the vases, which has a beautiful rich gloss. One of the beaker vases has a few dark spots on the inside of the vase (see detail pictures), which is not very noticeable but should be mentioned. The insides of the vases are fully glazed and very clean.

An impressive and very sturdy antique (or nearly antique) Delft style garniture set in very good condition. This set will look great in a variety of interiors, from classic to modern.

Made by: Mosa

Place of manufacture: Maastricht, the Netherlands

Year of manufacture: between 1900 - 1930

Method of decoration: underglaze transfer print with some additional handpainting on the finial

Size: covered vase: height 40,0 cm, diameter 22,5 cm (capacity 5,3 litres); beaker vases: height 28 cm, width 18 cm (point to point), depth 16 cm (flat side to flat side) (capacity each 1,8 litres)

Weight: covered vase: 2,8 kg, each beaker vase: 1,33 kg (total weight of the set: 5,46 kg)

Additional pictures can be provided if required.

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About Mosa:

Royal Mosa is a ceramic factory based in Maastricht, in the southernmost point of the Netherlands. Mosa was founded in 1883 by Hubert Gérard Louis (Louis I) Regout, who was one of the sons of Petrus Regout who in 1836 had founded the ceramic factory P. Regout in Maastricht. In its first few years the new factory was known as Louis Regout. After a few years the factory adopted the name Mosa, which is the Latin name for the river Maas (Meuse), on which banks Maastricht is located. To avoid competition with the P. Regout factory, Mosa specialised in high quality porcelain wares instead of the earthenware (stoneware) produced by the older factory.

At Mosa the decoration was most often applied by transfer print: a method whereby a monochrome print on paper (from an engraved copper or steel plate) is transferred by pressing it onto the ceramic piece. This transfer process was done by hand. Although transfer printed items lack the vibrancy of handpainted items, the process does allow for the production of beautiful, detailed and decorative items, which would be very expensive or impossible to produce by hand painting.

The transfer printed items of Mosa are often of a high quality, because they used detailed transfers on a bright white porcelain background. Until 1935 much of the items were blue and white Delft or Chinoiserie style items, sometimes a mixture of both. Chinoiserie style items were sometimes marked with pseudo-Chinese marks, while Delft style items were marked with "n/Delft", which is short for "naar Delft", meaning "after Delft" (Delft style). A range of tableware with a chinoiserie decor called "Lange Lijs" ("Long Eliza" in English) became especially popular and is still collected by many in the Netherlands (see https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_Lijs).

From 1932 Mosa also started to produce earthenware (stoneware) items, as demand for expensive porcelain was decreasing. Also the production of wall tiles became important for the factory. More contemporary designs were adopted for the decorative items and tableware, especially after the second world war. During the 1970s the focus shifted towards porcelain tableware for restaurants, hotels etc. In 1996 the activities were separated into a branch that specialised in producing floor and wall tiles (Royal Mosa, see www.mosa.com/en-us) and a branch that continued to produce professional porcelain tableware (first called "Mosa Porselein", later "Maastricht Porselein", see www.wegter.nl/en_US/page/571/eigen-merk-maastricht-porselein/). Both branches still continue to produce successfully today.

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This beautiful set will be very carefully packed and send by tracked and insured mail.

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).