Late 1800s - early 1900s Delft Hand Painted Vase with Lid

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  1. Erik Olsen

    Erik Olsen New Member

    I have an old Delft vase with lid 16 inches high. Can anyone give me a better idea of the artist and year?

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  2. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    I can give you a start. Your piece was made by de Porceleyne Fles or Royal Delft. They use a letter date code system that started with A in 1879 and when they ran out of alphabet they went to double letters starting with AA etc in 1905.

    Yours is a bit confusing as either D or AA may be the date code. D=1882 AA=1905.

    The other initials are the artist or artists that worked on the piece. In the book "Discovering Dutch Delftware" there is a long list of known and unknown artist initials. There is no "D" written this way or "AA". There is, however, the combined VP initial for Petrus F. Vreeswijk who worked at the factory 1885-1934.

    Using that information I'd guess that AA is the date mark for 1905 as apparently he didn't work at the factory in 1882 if all the info is correct.

    So that is my guess, 1905 and painted, at least in part, by Petrus F. Vreeswijk.
     
  3. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

  4. Erik Olsen

    Erik Olsen New Member

    Thank you, that was very helpful. I think you are right about the AA time stamp. Well, this should give me some idea what this vase might be worth.
     
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