Blue and white dish with flower vase. Delft, 1740-1760
The Three Bells pottery. Mark: three bells
Dish with a scalloped rim painted in blue showing a vase with several flowers and branches. A small branch is depicted under the vase. The rim is divided into six cartouches containing vases with fruits, the spaces between them are filled with floral motifs on a dark background. On the back two concentric circles are painted. Flower vases were a popular motif on Dutch delftware in the eighteenth century, painted not only in blue and white, but also in multiple colors. The decoration was applied mostly to plates, dishes and plaques, but occasionally also on brush backs.
Dimensions: diameter 34.5 cm / 13.38 in.
Condition is very good considering its age of 280 years. Usual small rim chips.
