Delft Earthenware And Gilt Bronze Lamp, 19th Century, Ls450301

Baluster-shaped lamp in blue-white Delft earthenware decorated with flowers and foliage. Gadrooned paunch surmounted by a ball decorated with flowers. Frame in chased and gilded bronze. Quadripod base indented and decorated with foliage in cartridges with grooved bottom.

Work carried out in the 19th century.

New and functional electrical system.

Dimensions: H 65 x D 16 cm

Reference: LS450301

! The price indicated does not include that of the lampshade. However, our workshop can advise you with pleasure and make it according to your choice of size and color (to be requested)!

Delft earthenware refers to the production of Dutch factories installed in large quantities in the Delft region, from the 17th century. This earthenware acquired great notoriety because it succeeded in imitating the Chinese porcelain of the Ming dynasty, the famous blue and white.
These porcelains were known in Europe, thanks to the creation of the various East India Companies, in particular the Dutch East India Company founded in 1602. The potters of Delft, despite the absence of kaolin which prevented them from obtaining the effects of porcelain, succeeded in creating pieces of earthenware with a very similar rendering thanks to a tin enamel (rich in lead or tin) covered with an additional layer, kwaart, a lead solution which solidifies like glass after firing and gives rooms that special shine.
The first decorations logically imitate Chinese motifs, and later diversify and become more floral and ornamental. Gradually, many polychrome Delft examples also appear. even if the production of blue and white remains the most popular.

Sources:

FOUREST H-P, Delft earthenware, Office du Livre S.A., Friborg (Switzerland), 1980
JUSTICE J., Dictionary of Delft faience marks and monograms, F. de Nobele, Paris-Brussels, 1920, 3rd edition, pp.22-24, 184-185.

Ref: GABTIEQIFE