Royal Delft (De Porceleyne Fles) Lidded Baluster Vases, lion finials,10", 1902 For Sale

These Royal Delft (De Porceleyne Fles) Lidded Baluster Vases are hand-painted Dutch delftware featuring traditional floral motifs and lion finials.

Hight: 10.5"

Width: 3.5"

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• ​Form & Structure: Baluster-shaped ceramic urns with flared, footed bases and high-domed lids capped with hand-sculpted lion or dog-of-fo finials.

• ​Decorative Motifs: Covered in classic underglaze cobalt blue painting showing blooming peonies and scrollwork. The neck features a repeating crossed-hatch band, and the pedestal base is finished with a blue wave-and-scale pattern.

• ​Finish & Texture: The tin-glazed surface exhibits fine overall crazing throughout the body and lid undersides.

​Factory Markings & Authentication

• ​Primary Markings: The base of each vase bears the underglaze blue mark for De Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)—a stylized apothecary jar above the stylized JT monogram (Joost Thooft) and the location name "Delft".

• ​date is unknown

• ​Left-hand initials belong to the factory artist who hand-painted the individual piece.

• ​Model/mold number 42 is painted in blue and impressed into the clay body.

• ​Lid Markings: The inner rims of the lids bear handwritten factory painter/matching marks in underglaze blue (e.g., "H.16") to pair each custom-fitted lid with its corresponding vase bod