Featured FOUND IN STORAGE AUCTION UNIT WIN- 1761 DELFT PLATES & VASES?!!

After 3 days my friend & I went through the final box of a storage unit he won at auction - and in it were 3 Delft plates + 2 Delft vases; 1 has tag with design(?) and 1761 date!
Another plate has what looks like the number 19
The other plate & 2 vases have no marks or tags

Are these all Delft?
Are they from the 1700's?! (Including ones with no marks?)
Any info would be greatly appreciated

 

Yep you scored

 

That one with the tags is Tea Tree. I found some more online.

 

NICE!!! And I think someone's going to tell you to get those spring hangers off them thar plates!!!!!

 

Score!!! yup

 

You'll want to very, very carefully remove the metal plate hangers.

Debora

 

Look for (drop dead gorgeous) double gourd Delft vases.

 

Thanks - and I took the metal off

 

The "Arbol de Té" sticker has name of maker as "Jan Theunis Dextra" and "1759."

Debora

 

The plates are 13.5" & 10"
The vases are 12.5' & 11"

Just to be sure so there's no problem if I sell on eBay - the ones with no marks are real & same period?

Thanks again all I appreciate the help

 

Be sure any numbers are not design or production numbers.

 

Wow, journey, wow. Yes they are Delfts Blue. Meaning real blue and white Dutch 'delftware' from the town of Delft.
I love the vases, another wow.

Jan Theunis Dextra owned 'De Grieksche A' factory in Delft between 1758-1764, but continued working there after he sold it. The date on the tag of your plate looks like 1761 to me.

Dextra did mark with a D as well as Dextra or Dex, but his D would be together with a number, as far as I know. Your Dextra D mark looks like D/t. I could be wrong.
Here are some examples of his marks, at the bottom of the page:


https://kalden.home.xs4all.nl/dblue/delftblue-111-grieka.htm

So I don't know if the Dextra maker's mark is actually by him.
The 19th century was notorious for repros and fakes of Dutch antiques. Those repros and fakes are collectible too, but they are not as valuable as the real deal.
Just to be sure, you could ask the Aronson family about your wonderful find, they have been specialists in Delfts and delftware since the late 1800s and know their stuff. They also have this virtual museum:
https://www.aronson.com/delftmuseum-com/
Mail:
MAIL@ARONSON.COM

 

Any Jewelry that is great! Thank you!!

 

There does look like a 2 after the 1759 - what does that mean?

 

It could be a code for the collector him/herself, of no importance now that no one has his or her records.

 

I sent message with photos to their Facebook page
Thanks Any Jewelry
PS - Are these something I should sell on eBay - I googled 1761 Delft plate and saw some that sold at Christe's auction for over $3,000! - are these in that quality/level?

 

I would say they are. Aronson also have a high end shop, check out their prices, also high end.
https://www.aronson.com/shop/

Is there a good auctioneer in your area, for real quality items?

 

It's Miami so I'm guessing yes. I put them on my FB page so I'll see what happens there (plus waiting to see if they answer my FB message with the photos of them)
Do I look up 1700's Delft on Aronson, or double gourd?
There were 2 more smaller pieces I didn't take because 1 had been repaired - but I think I'm going to call my friend and tell him I want them. I almost passed on all of them - even when he told me he only wanted $35 for all because I didn't know what they were - until I saw the sticker & then I bought them! I'm going to have to give him more money! (I sold a pair of 1919 binoculars also found in the unit for $800 that he sold to me for $40 - I gave him another $100 after they sold) so I can sleep at night! (it was the right thing to do - and he was surprised! And he told me he was calling me first whenever he finds new/old unusual things)