Oud Delft Nijmegen pair of handpainted tin-glaze Delft style polychrome wall dishes (bowls)
Pair of medium sized (17,5 x 4,8 cm) handpainted polychrome Delft style wall dishes (bowls) made between 1940 and 1968 by the Oud Delft factory located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The dishes are 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 bowls are identically decorated, with in the centre a Delft style flower basket surrounded by Delft style ornaments (originally based on old Chinese / Taoist symbols) on the rim. The painting is loose and informal, similar to much of the painting found on antique Delftware. Colours used are yellow, green, orange, violet red, blue and black. The rim of the bowls is slightly ribbed and scalloped.
The backside of the bowls is signed with a blue handpainted "OUD Delft mark" (used between 1940 and 1968), and a painters signature (WR, the signature of Mr. Wim Rietbergen). Both bowls have two holes drilled through their footring (one with a wire through it), to be able to hang them on a wall.
A nice pair of dishes in a classic, informal Delft style. Nice for on the wall, but also nice for on the table or upright in a plate stand!
Made by: Oud Delft
Place of manufacture: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Year of manufacture: between 1940 and 1968
Method of decoration: handpainted on tin-glaze
Size: diameter: 17,5 cm, depth: 4,8 cm
Weight: total weight: 475 g (230 and 245 g each)
Condition: very good, there are no damages and there is very little wear. The tin-glaze is applied rather uneven, especially on the backside edge of the bowls it is sometimes thin or lacking, but this is part of the intended 'old look' of the factory. The colours are still very nice and bright and the bowls have a beautiful sheen. There is a light crazing, which adds charm to the piece and should not be regarded as a defect.
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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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.