De Porceleyne Fles Delft handpainted wall plaque Schillerplatz Stuttgart and multicolour edge - RESERVED for Marcus

Beautiful handpainted wall plaque made in 1977 by De Porceleyne Fles in Delft, the Netherlands. Plaques are called "appliques" by De Porceleyne Fles. This specific model is the modern version of "applique no. 4", which is somewhat larger than the older model and does not feature an eyelet. The decoration on these plaques can be applied horizontal or vertical, this is a vertical version, which is more rare than the horizontal.

The plaque is painted underglaze and depicts a well-known historic square in Germany, the Schillerplatz in Stuttgart (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schillerplatz_(Stuttgart). The centre decoration is painted in cobalt blue, while the Delft style leaf and flower ornaments on the edge are painted in a colour scheme we call 'multicolour', which is different from the usual polychrome style of De Porceleyne Fles. It uses the colours cobalt blue, yellow, orange, light green, russet (reddish brown) and black. The use of pure yellow and black sets it apart of the usual polychrome colour scheme. Also the red is not so thickly applied as in the usual polychrome style. The painting is well done, in the high quality that De Porceleyne Fles is known for.

De Porceleyne Fles is known to have produced several series of plaques and plates oriented at the German market in this "blue and white scenery with multicolour edge" style. The series feature historic German buildings and places and were made in limited quantities to make them more interesting for collectors.

The backside of the plaque shows on the top part the number 3/25, which means that this plaque is number 3 from a total of 25 plaques made with this decoration. There is also the name of the subject (Schillerplatz, Stuttgart), with beneath it a full signature of Herman Sanders. Herman Sanders was a well-known designer and painter who worked from 1948 till 1984 at De Porceleyne Fles. Most likely his name is on the plaque because he was the designer of the series. But it cannot be ruled out that he actually painted the piece together with H. Planken, the other painter's signature we find on the plaque, see below. Perhaps Sanders painted the multicolour edge and H. Planken painted the architectural scenery, or vice versa.

On the lower part of the backside we find the usual handpainted De Porceleyne Fles Delft mark and a painter's signature of Mr. H. Planken, who worked from 1941 till 1990 as a painter at De Porceleyne Fles. The signature of H. Planken is written in full. There is also a year code (CW = 1977) and a batch number (0/842). The plaque has a raised footring with a copper wire through it (factory original) for hanging it on a wall.

Condition: excellent. There are no cracks, hairlines or other damages. There is no visible wear on the front or backside and the glaze has a beautiful gloss. There is a light crazing visible in the glaze on the backside, while on the front side there is no crazing at all.

A rare and very beautiful plaque of De Porceleyne Fles in excellent condition. Great for collectors. It will look best hanging on a wall, but it can also be placed in a plate stand. The high quality perspex plate stand that is seen in the pictures will be provided with the plaque.

Made by: De Porceleyne Fles

Place of manufacture: Delft, the Netherlands

Year of manufacture: 1977

Method of decoration: handpainted (underglaze)

Size: height: 30,0 cm, width: 23,0 cm, depth: 2,5 cm

Weight: 760 g

Additional pictures of the object can be provided if required.

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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://royaldelft.com/en/.

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