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OLD DELFT BLUE COW TILE FROM THE 1700/1800's, NETHERLANDS!

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RARE!

A horned cow or bull in repose resting peacefully on sandbar.

Central Pattern is an "open" design allowing tiles to be placed side by side to create a continuing landscape. In this case, the "connecting elements are grassy hills, river courses or stylized waves." and Fishing Boats.

Corner motifs of "spinnenkopje" = spiders head = spider that date back to 1640.

Attributed to manufacture in Rotterdam?

I'm only guesstimating the age of late 1700's per a reference book "that after the wet clay was pressed out of the tablet and dried until it was as hard as leather." "To cut the tiles a wooden template was used, placed on the surface of the blank clay. Until the middle of the 17th century the template had small nails on three or four corners, to hold it still during the cutting process."

These "nail holes" remain even after the tile is dipped in glaze, painted with a theme and then final firing and are called "Baking Points."

"But in Harlingen the tiles continues to be manufactured like this until 1880. Afterwards templates without nails were used there too, or the cutting was done by machines."

This had 4 nail holes prior to framing :-)

I had it Custom Framed in the Netherlands.

There are other details I'll leave to the new owner to enjoy in the discovery of.

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Searching for that PERFECT CHARGER/WALL PLAQUE? Please stroll my shop with over 200 Plates from Old Delft, Chinois, Faience and Antique Japanese Porcelain from the 1700's >

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Would make a perfect gift for MOM or WIFEY'S BIRTHDAY or a special housewarming!

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STAND - not included (photo prop)

MARK - none

SPECS -
TILE - about 5"sq
FRAME - about 6.125"L x 5.6875W

CONDITION - EXCELLENT!
- no hairlines, cracks or chips
- frits here and there
- scratches especially near the bottom that have darkened with soil & age
- original pre-kiln nail holes in the enamel in the corner motifs from when the clay was being measured & cut to keep the tile from moving
- kiln faults of glaze pops, glaze misses, grit, carbon spots, etc.

MY SUBJECTIVE GRADING GUIDE >

Outstanding - pristine, like new
Excellent - excellent as it's an antique (minor issues)
Good - moderate issues
Fair - more than moderate issues, okay for display, but not a prized piece
Poor - major issues = a bargain price deserving of continued existence

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🌺HÅFA ADAI from ISLA GUAHAN (Guam/USA)🌺

Delft Chargers were highly sought after display pieces as an alternative to framed oil paintings. Royalty, nobility, wealthy merchants and even rich farmers acquired these examples of hand painted art! Many of the depicted themes were actually copies of popular (now famous) original oil paintings of the Dutch artists and masters. The other themes primarily were Chinois patterns copied from the Ming imports. When rich farmers held a large celebration, they would clear out the barn and then hang Delft Chargers either on the horse stalls or the walls of the barn as part of the party decor for the rustic party venue!

“Old Delft” were expensive and mostly used to display their owner's status and wealth by displaying in their formal dining rooms and other public rooms of their estates. These Delft pieces were exported all over the Western world including the New World as found in Williamsburg and other colonial towns in both North and South America. Delft manufacturers were threatened by Chinese imports, but when China went through their times of troubles and the kilns destroyed and potters killed, the Delft makers capitalized on the sudden rarity of Chinese exports and imitated Ming and Wanli/Kraak patterns to supply the continually growing demand. Eventually Delft potters began using their own patterns and incorporating what has become “iconic” themes of Dutch Windmills, Canals, Nautical and Biblical renditions. When the Chinese Imperial government stabilized, kilns were rebuilt, but found they had lost most of their market share. To regain that share, they began copying the Dutch designs. The humor in all this, is that many of the Dutch designs were copies of Chinese patterns! With all these cross-copying of patterns, meaning was lost and “fanciful” unreal patterns resulted!

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July 4th Independence Day > USA
July 21st Liberation Day WWII > GUAM/USA
Sep 14th Liberation Day WWII > MAASTRICHT, NL

Just wanted to take the opportunity to share this regarding WWII and the people of Holland in regards to the people of the US >

Near Maastricht, in Margraten, is the Netherlands American Cemetery. It is the only American military cemetery in Holland and where 8,301 of our soldiers rest eternal. There are Tablets of the Missing that contain 1,722 names. It's a beautiful and fitting resting place. I mention this because, we visited in 2010 and it was early May just after Koninginnedag (Queen's Birthday) as we were meeting a Dutch aunt who's married to a German citizen and they live in Germany and Maastricht is the halfway point from where we were staying. We were surprised and amazed at the thousands of visitors and the fresh flowers on EVERY GRAVE! It turns out, that ever since the cemetery was first created, every US Soldier's grave had been adopted by a nearby local family (also Belgian and German families across the border) and is visited several times a year and flowers laid and the soldier honored and remembered on certain holidays! It brought us to tears that after all this time, that the Dutch continue to honor and remember our soldier's ultimate sacrifice in helping to liberate their country! Thank you to the anonymous Dutch, Belgian, and German families who remember and honor our fallen!

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I'm not an expert on Porcelain. The information above is based on my research as a collector. It's time to downsize and find an appreciative home for this exquisite piece!

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