De Porceleyne Fles large handpainted Delft blue garniture set

Large handpainted Delft 3-piece garniture set made by De Porceleyne Fles in Delft, the Netherlands. The set features a large (37,5 x 20,1 cm) covered vase with two matching beaker vases (25,5 x 17,5 cm). The covered vase was produced in 1982, while the beaker vases were produced in 1981 and 1983. The vases are painted underglaze in classical Delft blue style, in the high quality that De Porceleyne Fles is known for. The front side of the vases is decorated with a display of Delft style flowers which run down both sides to the back. The backside of the vases is decorated with a small flower ornament (covered vase) or left undecorated (beaker vases). The lid of the covered vase is decorated similarly, with a flower display on the front side which runs down both sides to the back. The vases have an octagonal (8-sided) shape and are ribbed, which creates an extra sheen on the glaze.

The vases are signed at the bottom with a handpainted Porceleyne Fles Delft mark, a factory batch number (covered vase: 8597, beaker vase 1: 2082, beaker vase 2: 3474), a painters signature (covered vase: NDG, from Mr. N. de Graaf who worked from 1963-2006 at De Porceleyne Fles, beaker vase 1: JWN, from Mr. J.W. Nieuwenhuizen (1980-1996 and 2016 - present) and beaker vase 2: KAL, from Ms. C.M. Albers (1977 - 1993)) and a year code (covered vase DB = 1982, beaker vase 1: DA = 1981, beaker vase 2: DC = 1983). The lid of the covered vase is signed on the inside with the same painters signature (KAL) as beaker vase 2. All three vases have a water-resistant silver and blue 'De Porceleyne Fles' sticker on the bottom.

Condition: the vases are in an excellent, almost mint condition. The only negative point is that the former owner valued this set of vases so much that he decided to mark them with his address (postal code and house number, from two different addresses) with insoluble ink on the unglazed footring of the vases (see pictures). We have tried to remove these markings, but they don't disappear with the solvents we tried or with gentle sanding of the footring. So we just leave them as a reminder of the previous owner, the markings are anyway not visible when the vases are standing. If necessary a more thorough sanding or different solvents can be tried to remove the markings from the footring. Another option would be to simply paint the unglazed footring white (any paint on glazed parts can always easily be removed). Except for the markings, the vases are in an excellent condition. There are no damages and there is very little wear to the vases. The glaze is in a very good condition, without any crazing and with a nice gloss. The inside of the vases is very clean, as new.

A luxurious garniture set of De Porceleyne Fles, one of the largest that they produce, great for display inside or on top of a cupboard, cabinet or bookcase.

Made by: De Porceleyne Fles

Place of manufacture: Delft, the Netherlands

Year of manufacture: 1982 (covered vase), 1981 and 1983 (beaker vases)

Method of decoration: handpainted (underglaze)

Size: covered vase: height 37,5 cm, diameter 20,1 cm (capacity 4 litres); beaker vases: height 25,5 cm, diameter 17,5 cm (capacity each 2 litres)

Weight: covered vase: 1,74 kg, beaker vase 1: 0,98 kg, beaker vase 2: 0,94 kg (total weight of the set: 3,66 kg)

Additional pictures of the objects can be provided if required.

Current catalogue price: This exact design is not being produced by De Porceleyne Fles today. But garniture sets of similar design and size can be found on the website of De Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft) here: https://royaldelft.com/en/shop/cabinet-set-11/ (delft blue version) and here: https://royaldelft.com/en/shop/cabinet-set-14/ (polychrome version).

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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).

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://www.royaldelft.com/en_gb/.

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This beautiful set will be carefully packed and send by 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 refund for the price of the item (shipping costs are however not covered).