Featured Is this considered delft/delftware?

Made in Holland - and I've found similair pieces being sold as "delft" but it's not what i usually think of when I hear delft. Anyone have a more accurate/descriptive term for this style?

Thanks!

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Well, there is a Holland, Michigan!! I don't see any windmills in Holland, Michigan.

 

There is a lot of marbled pottery made in Holland and listed as Delft, but all the definitions of Delft refer to blue on white.

 

I don't see how "handpainted" could refer to anything other than the gold trim.

If made in the Netherlands, then made for export since the writing is in English.

Delft is a place, so it could as easily be from there as from anywhere else, but this piece really doesn't provide a clue.

Personally, I think that "blue on white" is too restrictive a definition for wares from Delft. There's lots of polychrome as well.

 

Interesting vase, Aaron.

Am I the only one who thinks this photo looks like BARNACLES?

 

Just as illustrative examples that are being sold as Delft... here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/466190...847e336aeb72a1eaceb3ad1909&utm_content=219555

Marked "hand painted delft holland".

Also here:

https://www.listia.com/auction/21249037-delft-dutch-pottery-brass-hand-painted-3

 

Yeah, i am goin with moreotherstuff on this one, even though i know diddly about Delft. I have seen antique Delft at auction with other colors than blue, orange for instance. Where is Any Jewelry, she's from the Netherlands.

 

You rang?

It is not considered Delfts. But Delft did make other colours. I even have a terracotta coloured Delfts vase.
There are pottery companies and studios all over the Netherlands. They tend to mark their products 'made in Holland', because most people have never heard of the Netherlands. Holland is the name of two coastal provinces, there are 12 all together.
And there is some pottery made in Delft which isn't Delfts.

Windmill in Holland Village, Japan:


Holland Village, Shenyang, China:


Holland Town, Shanghai, China, the most convincing of the lot:

 

Yes, something marine, anyway. Being a coastal country, a lot of Dutch art and artifacts are inspired by the sea.

 

I have been to the Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan.

I especially loved seeing the parade of dancers.....the sound of their dancing wooden clogs is delightful.

My sister lived not very far from there, and was married to a Dutch/German man.

 

I had a pair of those cloggers when I was a child. Brings back fond memories

 

Wow!!!!! @aaroncab, That is SOME Fascinating pot/vase (?) TO ME!!!!!! They do have somewhat of 'barnacles' look to them, SBSVC!! Also, TO ME, I don't see how it could be anything BUT handpainted.....even on the inside!!! (But then I'm not a "Pottie" and WDIK???) What I like best though, is on the top....the extended arm giving a 'tip of the hat'.....at least that's what I'm seeing!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! And I love the whole effect of depth!!!!!

 

LOL, That's Right!!! Those other 10 provinces don't count!

 

That's probably why opoe and I seek refuge on the forum. We both live in 'underpriviliged' provinces.

 

AHHHHHHHH HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, getting in the way of most peoples fantasy of Holland, windmills and tulips are you?
You're right though, on another forum a poster was SHOCKED when i pointed out that Holland is not a country, it's a province of The Netherlands.

 

Let's see, tulips in the garden....
We have more trees than Holland, so fewer windmills. Our mills are mostly medieval watermills, much older than Holland's windmills, but here is a much loved windmill from the village I was born in:


This is a beautiful watermill about 5 minutes drive from me, first mentioned in a document from 1337:

 

WOW! stunning windmill & watermill, very well cared for! Do they still work?

 

Conservation societies here have their work cut out for them.
The watermill now houses a restaurant.
The windmill, affectionately called ''t Nupke", which is a dialect nickname for something small and cute, is still operational, run by trained volunteers. Local people buy flour there. Every friday a local baker bakes bread from flour milled by the mill, and just about everyone buys 't Nupke bread from him to support the mill.
As a child I used to take a small detour from school, just to cycle past the windmill.