Featured Possible Delftware lookalike?

Hi all! Found this little guy in a little antique store in my college town a couple years back and just rediscovered it as I was cleaning out my childhood bedroom. It’s 2” in height. I’m not hugely familiar with Delftware, other than some quick Googling, but from what I can see, this has to be a reproduction, right? Let me know if I should include other photos!

 

I think you are right to assume it is a modern made piece, but since even the "famous" Delft potteries made things in the 20th century (I have a plate made in 1987 that I bought new in Amsterdam) I don't think you need to call it a "lookalike."

 

You’re absolutely right, thanks for catching that!

 

Assuming you'd like to at least know who the maker is I'm tagging a couple members who may know. @say_it_slowly @Any Jewelry

 

The book Discovering Dutch Delftware by Van Hook published in 1998 shows this mark as De Candelaer. It says it is a small gallery at Kerkstraat 14 in the center of Delft that makes handpainted Defltware in the standard modern underglaze technique. Founded around 1976 by Francena Johanne Godefroy and her husband Jan Stillebroer, they make standard quality Delftware for the Delft tourist trade.

 

Thanks, SIS!

 

I love books

 

Thank you so much! That’s so informative, I’ll have to check out that book!