#delftware

[oddarette]

Ah the rare teacup spill nail. They don’t live very long because it’s difficult to hold their shape. They sure are beautiful though.

[desimonewayland]

Butter dish in the form of an artichoke, made in Delft c. 1740 - c. 1775

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

[arthistoryanimalia]

Polychrome Swan

Delft, c. 1690

Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware)

H 17 cm. (6 11/16 in.)

[victusinveritas]

At the Amsterdam Rokin Metro Station, they have an exhibit of the things that were excavated as they built the station.

Click here to actually zoom in and look at all of the stuff with info on each item. It's...neat.

[snootyfoxfashion]

Porcelain Cat Pin and Sculpture from BlackOwlStudio

[jadeseadragon]

1. Rijksmuseum, Anonymous, Delft, ca. 1710–1750

2. Rijksmuseum, Anonymous, Delft, ca. 1725–1760

[designobjectory]

Dutch Delft tobacco jar inscribed with the name of tobacco blend "Stokvis", second half of the 18th century, De Porceleyne Bijl workshop

[7pleiades7]

European porcelain birdcages from the late 19th to early 20th century, rooted in the traditional Dutch aesthetic of Delftware. Their refined craftsmanship reflects the elegance of turn-of-the-century European decorative arts.

Primarily created as decorative objects for bourgeois interiors, they occasionally housed small birds, though their value was largely aesthetic rather than practical.