Delftware
Blue-white earthenware
Delftware is tin-glazed pottery associated with the Dutch city of Delft, characterized by distinctive blue and white decorative patterns.
Production flourished in the seventeenth century as a European answer to expensive Chinese porcelain imports.
The capitalized form emphasizes the geographic origin: authentic Delftware from the Golden Age. (Lowercase delftware refers to the style more generically.)
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- HollandWestern Dutch region
- DelftDutch city, famous earthenware
- Dutch Golden AgeNetherlands' 17th-century cultural zenith
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
VOC · tin-glazed · faience · majolica · blue-and-white
Object worth amassing
- vintageQuality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- 17th-centuryThe sixteen hundreds
- 18th-centuryThe seventeen hundreds
auction · patina · provenance · restoration · conservation · appraisal · rarity · hallmark
Netherlands
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- HollandWestern Dutch region
- DelftDutch city, famous earthenware
- Dutch Golden AgeNetherlands' 17th-century cultural zenith
Vermeer · VOC · tin-glazed · faience · majolica · blue-and-white
collectible
Object worth amassing
- vintageQuality from past eras
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- 17th-centuryThe sixteen hundreds
18th-century · auction · patina · provenance · restoration · conservation · appraisal · rarity · hallmark · maker's mark
- NetherlandsAmsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, tulips
- folk artstribal art, folk opera, folk theater, Celtic knotwork, Navajo weaving
- Dutch ArtRembrandt, Dutch painters, Dutch Golden Age, Dutch paintings, Vincent van Gogh
- Dutch heritageAmsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Leiden
- Low Countries HistoryDutch Golden Age, Dutch Republic, William of Orange, Spanish Netherlands, Peace of Westphalia
- blue and whiteWedgwood, cobalt blue, navy and white, toile, chinoiserie
DelftwareChinese porcelain
Fine glazed Eastern ceramics
porcelain · bone china · stoneware · terracotta · earthenware