Product lines During the centuries Royal Delft introduced a great number of product lines of which some were taken out of production again. Here under you will find a summary of the most important product lines with a short description. 1876 present Delft Blue By far the most well known and largest collection. The products are decorated in blue on a white background. The motifs find their roots in the Chinese porcelain from the Ming and K ang Hsi dynasties. Typically Dutch land- and seascapes have also been often been used ever since 1653. Even as today our Delft Blue collection comprises many different plates, vases, jars, candleholders etc. and also the wooden shoe and Dutch cow are not missing. 1880 1940 Jars made for Lucas Bols The geneva distillery Erven Lucas Bols was one of the first industrial purchasers. They initially ordered large quantities standard blue-decorated geneva bottles, but later special models in earthenware and porcelain were designed. 1889 present Tile paintings They started with paintings in blue after members of the Hague School, such as Springer, Mauve, Mesdag, Josef Israëls and Leickert. Later also colored tile paintings were made. Special tile paintings are custom made as today.
1891 1914 Berbas Hand turned vases and jars were mad from domestic clay and decorated exclusively with richly variegated opaque running glazes. 1892 1914 Reflet Métallique Soon a new style were derived from Berbas. This was Relfet Métallique, which was characterized by the metallic sparkle of the glazes with gold, bronze an other metals. 1895 1908 Round plaques Ceramic technically seen a very special product with diameters of 40-42 cm. Mostly painted with a portrait in brown (Sepia). 1898 1910 Jacoba earthenware Objects made from Dutch clay and decorated with partly abstract, partly floral and partly figurative patterns based on designs by Adolf Le Comte. The images in relief were scored in the still soft clay using a pointed stick and the resulting indentation was filled up with colored oxides and metal glazes. 1898 1900 Tin-glazed earthenware
With this manufactory of this earthenware De Porceleyne Fles was reverting to the 17th century traditions of the early Delft potters. The objects were first coated in a layer of tin glaze and were then painted. Made in blue and multi colored techniques. 1898 present Tiles These were made in many different sizes and depictions. The production of this large tiles lasted until 1965. In 1983 the production again was started until today. 1897 1977 Tableware Jugendstil tableware 1897 1899: Most probably made from lime earthenware and was not suitable for use. The glaze was pale pink and the Jugendstil patters were usually in yellow, green and purple. Doorniks tableware 1897 1898: Surprisingly similar to the : Alt Luxemburg tableware mady by Villeroy en Boch.The production was discontinued one year after its introduction but again made in the period 1935-1977. 'Empire' 1903 1912: Extremely stylish tableware with a black and yellow decoration on a cream background. Cow tableware 1903-1948: The pieces were decorated with a black and white cow standing in water among reeds next to a pollard willow. This cow tableware was also produced in blue in the year 1935-1948. 'Blue Delft tableware' 1915-1965. After the experiments mentioned above, in 1915 Royal Delft began producing tableware with ornamentation. 1902 1905 Porselein biscuit
Porcelain biscuit was made from matt, unglazed porcelain and was decorated with abstract, stylized incisions filled up with gold in combination with green, red, blue or back slip layers. This method was also called 'pate-sur-pate'. 1902 2009 Pijnacker This technique is rooted in Japanese Imari porcelain. It is mainly decorated in red, blue and 24 carat gold. 1905 present Polychroom This multicolored technique may be considered to be the successor of Italian Majolica, which was produced in the 16th and 17th centuries. This technique is decorated in yellow, green, blue and reddish brown. 1909 present Commemorative plates To celebrate the birth of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands on 30 April 1909, a commemorative plate decorated in blue was produced. This was the start of a tradition that still exists today for all kinds of events. 1910 1936 New Delft
As the name suggests, this was a complete new product in terms of decoration and manufacture. A dark firing clay was first coated with a white engobe layer upon which the painted decoration was applied. A transparent glaze was then applied. The decoration was inspired by patterns on Persion pots dating from the 12 th and 13 th centuries. 1915 1977 Cloisonné tiles The cloisonné tiles probably came about by combining the sectile technique (1900) with the crystal-glazed tiles for the building industry (1902). The tiles varied in size from 10 x 15 cm to 20 x 29 cm. Sometimes as many as 15 to 20 different, specially made glazes had to be applied to the individual segments, and as this was extremely laborious and timeconsuming De Porceleyne Fles was forced to stop making cloisonné tiles in 1977. These tiles are now highly collectible. 1930 1995 White Delft Started in the thirties. Because of the economic depression and the outbreak of the Second World War the marketing of the hand painted earthenware stagnated. At the end of the sixties the total collections consisted of more than 174 different models. In 1976 the production was stopped. In 1986 a small collection again was production which was less cream-colored. At present only the tulip vases are made in White Delft. 1939 1977 Decor Oosterloo (OS)
W.D. Oosterloo, designer of a collection 21 pieces of blue Delftware. The characteristic feature of the collection is the lavish decoration with seemingly round leaves, circular stalk patterns and round flowers. 1947 1967 Red Craquelé This technique entailed three firing processes: first the biscuit firing, then the smooth firing, and then a third firing after the application of the decoration to the glaze. The striking red color was obtained by allowing oxygen into the kiln during the cooling stage. 1957 1977 Sandelfo The abstract figural grey and black decorations were created by H.J. Sanders. 1968 1994 Delvert Contraction of the French word for green (Vert) and the city of Delft. In the small quantities produced this color prove to be very unstable, so the manufacture of this series was suspended in 1976. From 1991 till 1994 a small Delvert collection with models form the Blue Delftware collection was brought our onto the market again.
1973 1976 Delsepia A small collection whose name was derived from its brownish-purple color (sepia). The decoration was applied to an opaque glaze in the same way as the tin-glazed earthenware. 1978 2009 Zwart Blue, red and yellow are applied on a black background. This technique was introduced ath the 325th anniversary of the factory. Derived from the Famille Noire made by various potters in the 17 th century. Also known as the wondrous Black Delft 1988 1993 Delflore This collection of earthenware was based on existing blue delftware models. It was covered with a matt glaze on which a lively decoration in turquoise, green and brown was applied.
1990 1993 Marrant Figural images in a decorative border (design Nicolaas Berchem) were applied to a layer of so-called sinter-engobe. This new collection did not catch on and only 8 models were issued in series. 2003 2007 Jubilee Introduced at the 350th anniversary, Royal Delft, brought out a new earthenware collection based on a set of dishes made by the factory De Witte Starre in around 1710. 2002 present nijntje The World known Miffy in Blue Delftware. This collection is made in hand painted and handmade earthenware. 2003 present New Delft New Delft tableware has been developed based on the authentic combination of power and value of the 17th century Delftware factories in Delft.The modern & contemporary design is the product of a cooperation between Jacob de Baan, Marjet Wessels Boer and Margit Seland.The decoration however is inspired by centuries-old trademarks and the classical punch ring, visible on the bottom of Delftware pieces.