It is my pleasure to offer you this Exceptional Delft Candle Holder produced by The Royal Porceleyne Fles in Delft Holland.
De Porceleyne Fles was founded in 1653 however it got famous when Joost Thooft took over this small factory at Delft in 1876. He produced traditional blue on white Delft ware and tile tableaus but with a new technique and started to use other colors like red and green.
The painters of Royal Delft are trained in the factory starting off with simple designs in blue/white on the smaller pieces. A painter first has to learn how to paint the little flowers and leaves that so characteristically adorn Delftware vases and the borders of Delftware plates. The painters then gradually progress to larger pieces with more complicated designs. Only the master painters, who have trained at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague paint the elaborate landscape and Dutch masters pieces.
This is a Capital Candle Holder that you won't see much on eBay. A once in a lifetime find for the collector and connoisseur of the best Handpainted Delftware in the world.
Fully marked on the bottom with the yearmark DF(=1986), the Royal Delft Logo, The stylized JT of Joost Thooft and the painters initials AvK (= Mrs. A. van Kampen who worked at De Porceleyne Fles from 1979-1996).
Lit. refs: (a) "De Porceleyne Fles, de Wedergeboorte van een Delftse Aardewerkfabriek" by Bogaers, Gaillard en Ten Horn-Van Nispen (1986), (b) "Royal Delft, a guide to De Porceleyne Fles" by Rick Erickson (2003) and (c) "1653-2003 From Pottery to Royal Delft" by Jessica van Erkel & Arnold de Koster (2003).
AGE: 1986
DIMENSIONS: height is 11.25 inches.
CONDITION: EXCELLENT. This candle holder is in PERFECT condition. No cracks, chips, flakes or any other flaws.
The white spots on some pictures are the reflection of my photo lights.
GUARANTEE: All items are guaranteed to be AUTHENTIC and in the state as described above, consistent with age and use.
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