Royal Boch for Royal Sphinx large Delft blue 3-piece garniture / cabinet set
Beautiful three piece Delft blue style garniture set ('kaststel' or cabinet set in Dutch). The set features a large (38,5 x 21 cm) lidded baluster vase with two matching side vases (26 x 13 cm). The set was made between 1969 and 1979 by Royal Boch (Boch Frères Keramis) in La Louviere, Belgium for Royal Sphinx (formerly Petrus Regout) in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The underglaze decorations were applied by hand by means of transfer prints, with some additional handpainted details around the rims and on the foo dog on top of the baluster vase. The vases are ribbed, which creates an extra sheen on the glaze.
The front and backside of the baluster vase are identically decorated with a large cartouche filled with a flower ornament, surrounded by Delft style leaf and flower ornaments. The left and right side of the vase have a similar cartouche, but filled with a bit less elaborate flower ornament. The large lid of the vase is crowned with a handpainted 'foo dog' (which actually is a Chinese guardian lion) and four smaller cartouches, again filled with two different flower ornaments.
The side vases have a matching decoration of four cartouches with two identical flower ornaments on the front / backside and left / right side.
The base of all three vases is marked with a printed "Delfts" mark which was used between 1969 and 1979 by Royal Boch for the Delft style vases they made for Royal Sphinx. The mark states "Made for Royal Sphinx, Holland by Boch". There is also an impressed number 3 on all vases.
A beautiful and large Delft style garniture set, which is great for decoration but can also be actually used as flower vases.
Made by: Royal Boch for Royal Sphinx
Place of manufacture: La Louviere, Belgium
Year of manufacture: between 1969 and 1979
Method of decoration: transfer print (underglaze), with some handpainting around the rims and on the foo dog
Size: centre vase: height 38,5 cm, diameter 20,9 cm (capacity: approx. 5 litres), side vases: height 25,8, diameter 13,3 cm (capacity each: approx. 1 litres).
Weight: centre vase: 1,58 kg, side vases: 0,74 and 0,66 kg (total weight: 2,98 kg)
Condition: the centre vase has a tiny chip on its base, which is not very visible or disturbing (see pictures). The damage can be easily retouched with a bit of dark blue colour to make it even less visible. Aside from this defect the vases are in an excellent condition, with no damages and very little wear to the glaze. The glaze of the vases has a nice gloss and shows no crazing. The insides of the vases are fully glazed and are very clean.
Additional pictures can be provided if required.
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About Petrus Regout & Co. / Royal Sphinx:
This factory was based in Maastricht, in the southernmost point of the Netherlands. It produced from 1836 to 1958 decorative ceramics and dinnerware in a variety of styles. Most often the decoration was applied by transfer print: a method whereby a monochrome print on paper (from an engraved copper or steel plate) was 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 handpainting. The Delftware (blue and white Delft blue) produced by P. Regout and other Maastricht factories has a darker blue than the Delftware of other factories in the Netherlands. In 1958 P. Regout merged with Société Céramique (also from Maastricht) to form Royal Sphinx, which continued to produce Delftware until 1969.
After 1969 Royal Sphinx only continued with the production of ceramic tiles and sanitary ceramics. The production of Royal Sphinx Delftware was continued by Royal Boch (formerly known as Boch Frères Keramis) in La Louviere, Belgium. They bought the designs and moulds from Royal Sphinx and continued production of Sphinx Delftware with a "Made for Royal Sphinx by Boch" mark until 1979, and with their own marks until 1988.
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How do you pack your items, will my item arrive safely?
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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.