De Porceleyne Fles handpainted Delft Blue cachepot / planter

Beautiful and rare handpainted medium sized Delft blue cachepot / planter made in 1974 by De Porceleyne Fles in Delft, the Netherlands. The pot is painted underglaze in classical Delft Blue style, in the high quality that De Porceleyne Fles is known for. The pot has a round shape, with three small foots. The pot is ribbed, it has broader ribs in the lighter parts and narrow ribs in the darker. The ribs add an extra sheen to the glaze.

The decoration of the pot is three sided, with alternating broad white panels and narrow dark panels. The white panels have a decoration of a fantasy plant with a vine of Delft style flowers, while the dark panels show a fantasy bird sitting upright in the branches of a similar plant.

The decoration of this pot is rather unusual in style for De Porceleyne Fles, especially the inverted painting (a lighter decoration against a dark background) is a thing we do not see often with this factory. Probably the design has been inspired by early (17th till 19th century) Delftware, where this style of decoration is more often seen.

Inside the pot we see three small raised protrusions, which are to raise an inner plant pot, so air can circulate more freely around that pot and water from the inner pot can drain more easily. The inside of the pot is fully glazed.

The pot is signed at the bottom with a handpainted Porceleyne Fles Delft mark, a factory batch number (2029), a painters signature (G.Ko, of Mr. G. Koolhaas who worked from 1961 till 1982 as a painter at De Porceleyne Fles), and a year code (CT = 1974).

Condition: excellent, as new. There are no damages, cracks or other imperfections. The pot does not seem to have been used as an actual cachepot, because there is no visible wear to the glaze, also not inside the pot. The glaze looks like new and has a beautiful gloss. There is virtually no crazing.

A beautiful and very ornamental cachepot of De Porceleyne Fles which is not often found on the market. It will add class to any plant placed inside it. We recommend using it only with a plastic inner pot, to avoid damage to the ceramic. Any limescale deposits can periodically be removed with vinegar or a decalcifier, the glaze is resistant to that. Or just use it as a decorative item, for example inside a cabinet.

Made by: De Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

Place of manufacture: Delft, the Netherlands

Year of manufacture: 1974

Method of decoration: handpainted (underglaze)

Size: height: 16,5 cm, diameter: 20,5 cm (capacity 3,5 litres)

Weight: 1,22 kg

Additional pictures of the object can be provided if required.

Current catalogue price: This cachepot is not being produced anymore, but you can find the prices of similar sized handpainted items of De Porceleyne Fles here: https://www.royaldelft.com/en_gb/home-accessories/delft-blue-vases/item2556?facets%5Btechniek%5D%5B3%5D=1

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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: www.royaldelft.com/en_gb/.

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This beautiful item will be securely packaged and send by tracked and insured mail. If you buy multiple items from our shop, we will combine the shipping of these items. If the actual combined shipping costs are less than the shipping costs that you have already paid, we will refund the difference. So you will only pay the actual shipping costs.

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 full refund (return costs are however not covered).