What is delft blue earthenware?

Delft blue earthenware is pottery covered in an opaque tin glaze and painted with cobalt blue pigment. The tradition developed primarily in the Netherlands and England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Potters shaped these ceramics into domestic vessels, large display chargers, and apothecary jars. The style often emulates imported Chinese porcelain through blue and white decorative schemes.

How were apothecary jars used?

Apothecary jars and bottles held dried herbs, liquid medicines, and pharmaceutical preparations in dispensaries. Their tin-glazed surfaces resisted chemical absorption and bore painted labels to identify the contents. Chemists and merchants displayed these vessels on wooden shelves within shops. Today, collectors value them for their historical inscriptions and medicinal forms.

How do I care for tin glaze?

Tin glaze is softer than modern porcelain and benefits from gentle handling away from abrasive surfaces. Dusting with a dry, soft cloth preserves the delicate edges and painted tin glaze. Keep these earthenware pieces out of damp environments and avoid liquid immersion to protect the porous clay body beneath the glaze.

What distinguishes Kraak style delft?

Kraak style delft borrows its panelled decorative layout from late Ming dynasty Chinese porcelain exported to Europe. The surface is divided into segmented borders surrounding a central motif of landscapes or flowers. Painters used cobalt pigment to fill these compartments with stylized floral sprays and auspicious symbols. This aesthetic appears predominantly on seventeenth-century dishes and bowls.

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Delft blue earthenware brings together tin-glazed surfaces and cobalt pigment across chargers, vases, and apothecary jars from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.

17th century

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A 17th Century Antique Dutch Delft Tile, Hand Painted Swan Motif 13cm

From Gilt and Gesso

£150

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18th century

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18th-century Dutch Delft Barber's Bowl Bleeding Dish Blue and White Tin-glaze

From Artsonline

£299

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Dutch Delft Polychrome Charger, C. 1700.

18th century

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Dutch Delft Polychrome Charger, C. 1700.

From Philip Carrol Antiques

£480

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18th century

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Antique Dutch Delftware Vase and Cover

From Antiques4EU

£1,675

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18th century

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18th C Delft Charger

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£250

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18th century

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Large 18th-century Spanish Delft Faience Polychrome Charger Plate Bowl Catalana

From Artsonline

£299

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Pair of Delft Blue and White Lidded Vases

1900 - 1920

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Pair of Delft Blue and White Lidded Vases

From Willows Antiques and Interiors

£695

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18th century

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18th C Delft Bowl

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£395

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18th century

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A Pair of 18th Century Delft Lamps

From Youlls Antiques

£1,350

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lighting

19th century

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Small Pair of 18th/19th Century Tin-glazed Delftware Jugs - Blue & White Floral Decoration

From Deja Vu St Leonards

£165

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Listings span the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, utilising tin-glazed earthenware, ceramic, and cobalt pigment across vases, chargers, and apothecary jars.

18th century

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Rare 18th C Delft Marriage Plate

From Timberhill Gallery

£2,200

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18th century

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Delft Blue & White Shallow Bowl

From William Carr Antiques

£595

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18th century

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An Early 18th Century Delft Charger.

From Youngs Antiques

£120

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18th century

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18th English Polychrome Delft Charger

From Timberhill Gallery

£450

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Lovely Quality Antique Dutch Delft Inkstand

19th century

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Lovely Quality Antique Dutch Delft Inkstand

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£345

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18th century

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An Early 18th Century English Delft Plate.

From Youngs Antiques

£280

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Delft Blue Earthenware

A 17th Century Antique Dutch Delft Tile, Hand Painted Swan Motif 13cm

18th-century Dutch Delft Barber's Bowl Bleeding Dish Blue and White Tin-glaze

Dutch Delft Polychrome Charger, C. 1700.

Antique Dutch Delftware Vase and Cover

18th C Delft Charger

Large 18th-century Spanish Delft Faience Polychrome Charger Plate Bowl Catalana

Pair of Delft Blue and White Lidded Vases

18th C Delft Bowl

A Pair of 18th Century Delft Lamps

Small Pair of 18th/19th Century Tin-glazed Delftware Jugs - Blue & White Floral Decoration

Rare 18th C Delft Marriage Plate

Delft Blue & White Shallow Bowl

An Early 18th Century Delft Charger.

18th English Polychrome Delft Charger

Lovely Quality Antique Dutch Delft Inkstand

An Early 18th Century English Delft Plate.

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