It is my pleasure to show you this nice candleholder produced by the Koninklijke Porceleijne Fles in Delft.
De Porceleyne Fles was founded in 1653 however it got this name when Joost Thooft took over this small factory at Delft in 1876. He produced traditional blue on white Delftware and tile tableaus but with a new technique and started to use other colours like red and green.
Fles painters are trained in the factory starting off with simple designs in blue/white on the smaller pieces. A painter first has to learn how to paint the little flowers and leaves that so characteristically adorn Delftware vases and the borders of Delftware plates. The painters then gradually progress to larger pieces with more complicated designs.
This candleholder is fully marked on the bottom with the yearmark BX (=1953), the Royal Delft Logo, The stylized JT of Joost Thooft, the production# 2196 and the painters initials JG. (=J. Groen).
AGE: 1953
DIMENSIONS: Height is 4½ inches.
CONDITION: EXCELLENT. This item is in MINT condition. No cracks, chips, flakes or any other flaws. A real treasure for any TOP QUALITY DELFT Collection.
Catalog price when new: over US$ 125.00
The white spots on some pictures are the reflection of my photo lights.
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