comparing values of Delft Hatchet (porceleyne de bilj) balusters

Prices seem to be all over the map. Here are three different sets: the first one sold on Worthpoint, possibly ebay for 800; the second was passed at probably a modest price, the third sold at Christie's for 2000+ going over the estimate (those 3 indicated by "20"). How does one evaluate the value of such? Are the faience/tin fired ones less valuable? links in another post.

 

links: worthpoint;

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/19th-century-dutch-delft-garniture-409403849

catawiki:

https://www.catawiki.com/l/36966783...-three-cupboard-vases-with-lids-6-earthenware

christies:

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1986416

 

put yours up for auction and you'll get a value......

it's not like a gold bar..........there is no , one value!

 

there's no one value but that doesn't mean its anything. What other factors can we look at? Is there a way to determine the age? these with the hatchet mark were made for a long time, I think the faience came later. Are they less valued?

 

Huh? Aren't all Delft things from waybackwhen all tin glazed faiences? What the heck else would they be?

 

well again I am ignorant. My scant knowledge of the term "faience" is that I usually encounter it with french made ceramics like those ceremonial plates and such. I usually see it describing the more colorful patterns, and since Ive seen that term used with the brighter colored yellow Delft ones you see above and not the simple blue/whites, I thought that was faience. I had no idea all the Delft stuff is faience.

Well sorry. thanks for helping me out

 

Faience, like Maiolica, is just another name for tin-glazed earthenware. Glad to help clear that up for you. ... better late than never (or should I say "Nevers")

 

but I see terms like "Faience Delft" being used on the internet, as if there are other kinds of Delft. So just to be clear, you are saying that all Delft is faience?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftware

 

ok but then how can one distinguish between say pearlware and faience just from photos? I presume pearlware is distinct from faience but i am very new at this.