The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-16

UNDOUBTEDLY pottery had
~ been made in Holland before
this time, probably it was introduced
from Spain and Italy where Ma
jolica was made. Delftware closely
resembles majolica as they both are
stanniferous pottery (meaning a
ware made of coarse, yellow pottery
paste), which is covered with coat
ing of enamel composed of glass,
oxide of lead, and oxide of tin.
Coincident with. the starting of
Delftware manufacture in Holland,
the Dutch East India Company was
established in 1902, for trade with
the Orient. Blue and white Chinese
porcelain brought back on trading
ships influenced the decoration of
Delftware and so successful were the
artisans in their limitations of the
oriental designs and colors that
Delft instead of China gave it's name
to a shade of blue.
Delftware became increasingly
popular, and by the beginning of
the eighteenth century twenty eight
potteries f1oriShed at Delft. They
did not survive the French occupa-
ton under Napoleon, however, and
by 1900 the manufacture of Delft
ware practically had ceased.
American collectors of Delftware
IND many excellent pieces on this
side of the Atlantic since Dutch
colonlStS were settling here at the
time that Delftware was in favor.
An early advertisement in New York
stated that John R. Roosevelt of
that city had a consignment of
DelftWare for sale.
NHE transplanted Dutch house.
Il wives were loyal to the indus
tries of their old home, as wills of
many of the wealthy patrons who
settled New York, mentioned Delft
ware. One valuable estate included
five Cheinie cops and one Blew
Earthen wine can with a silver
cover"-the latter evidently Delft.
The wills also speak of Large cob
berts" to hold the capacious Jars
which were choice possessions.
Dr. Sterne purchased, from the
Van Hummel collection, the large
vase pictured here. 1t was made BY
Jan Van Hammer, who entered the
Guild Of st. Luke as a master pot
ter in 1861, and its oral decoration
is the popular tulip which every
Hollander repeatedly introduces into
his work. The small jar of poly
chrome is marked with d and D. P
used by "The Peacock" Ode Paauw)
pottery when it was owned by Da-
vld Kan in 1701. This small fac
tory was opened by Claes j. Mess
merit IN 1861 and closed in 1870. The
third place is a lidded jar of the
highly priced Delftware which has
a black enameled background. It
is one of only 121 known pieces of
this type and its mate is in the mu-
scum at Amsterdam. The DOM
mating colors in the decoration. a
Chinese motif, are iron red" and
grayish blue which the Chinese
call clouds seen through mist after
rain" This rare piece was made
by Augestyn Reygensbugh, who en-,
tered the guilds as a master in 1863.
The Porcelain Bottle" founded in
1872 by Jacobus Pynacker, is the
only one of the first twenty-eight
potterieS in Delft which still is in
existence. 1t never has been closed
and over its door still hangs the old
sign, In De POrceIeyne Fles-1672."
In 1900 it changed its product and
made other wares until 1876, when
M. JooSt Thooft acquired the plant
and revived the manufacture of
ancient Delftware. Cornelis TUX
an old workman, remembered the
method of painting enamel ware
and taught the others. Today they
make the old shapes and patterns
in a much finer ware than the orig
inal pottery.