Hendrik van der Wal Makkum handpainted Delft style scalloped and fluted dish / plate (tin glaze)
$76.80
Medium sized (28 cm diameter) scalloped and fluted handpainted Delft style polychrome dish made between 1958 and 1975 by Hendrik van der Wal in Makkum, the Netherlands. This shape is called a "plooibord" in Dutch, of which the curves on the edge are made by pressing the clay from the backside of the plate with the thumbs. The curves add extra sparkle / gloss to the glazed surface.
The dish has in its centre a flower decoration surrounded by a chained ornamental ring. The edge is decorated with leaf and flower ornaments. The decoration is painted in various shades of blue, green, ochre (orange-brown), russet (reddish brown) and black on a white tin-glaze background. The dish has two small holes in its footring with a wire through it for hanging it on the wall.
The dish is signed on the back with a handpainted Hendrik van der Wal Makkum mark (used between ca. 1958 and 1975), a model / catalogue number (1140) and a painter's signature (unidentified).
This dish is handmade according to century-old traditions identical to how 17th or 18th century Delftware was made. The earthenware (made from local yellow clay) is shaped by hand in a mould and after a first firing glazed with an opaque white tin-glaze. The colours are then painted on this glaze and fused with it through a second firing. This creates a product with a beautiful and unique appearance.
Condition: the dish is in a very good condition, without any cracks, hairlines or restorations. The glaze shows almost no crazing and has no visible wear. The dish does have a tiny edge chip on the backside at the 11 o'clock position (seen from behind). The chip is not visible from the front, but the price of the item has been adjusted for this.
A beautiful dish of one of the lesser-known potteries in Makkum. The quality of the design and painting is very nice, comparable with that of Tichelaar, Makkum. Great to hang on the wall, but also nice on its own in a plate stand. The perspex plate stand featured in the photos will be included with the dish.
Made by: Hendrik van der Wal (and son)
Place of manufacture: Makkum, the Netherlands
Year of manufacture: between ca 1958 and 1975
Method of decoration: handpainted (tin-glaze)
Size: diameter: 28,0 cm, depth / height: 4,6 cm
Weight: 540 g
Additional pictures of the object can be provided if required.
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About Hendrik van der Wal (and son):
Hendrik van der Wal was a handyman at the Tichelaar ceramic factory in Makkum. Around 1958 he started together with his son his own pottery in Makkum. They produced ceramics (tiles, dishes and vases) similar in style to those of Tichelaar. Their mark showed a great resemblance to the mark of Tichelaar, although the shield was more pointed and instead of the two curved crossed T's of Tichelaar it featured the monogram HVW of Hendrik van der Wal. The pottery went bankrupt in 1975, after which it was continued by Hendrik Nauta, the son-in-law of van der Wal.
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