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Delftware or Delft pottery, also known as Delft Blue [1] (Dutch: Delfts blauw) or as delf, [2] is a general term now used for Dutch tin-glazed earthenware, a form of faience. Most of it is blue and white pottery , and the city of Delft in the Netherlands was the major centre of production, but the term covers wares with other colours, and made ...
English delftware pottery and its painted decoration is similar in many respects to that from Holland, but its peculiarly English quality has been commented upon: "... there is a relaxed tone and a sprightliness which is preserved throughout the history of English delftware; the overriding mood is provincial and naïve rather than urbane and sophisticated."
Nantgarw Pottery; New Hall porcelain; Plymouth Porcelain; Rockingham Pottery; Royal Crown Derby, (1750/57–present) Royal Doulton, (1815–2009 acquired by Fiskars) Royal Worcester, (1751–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Spode, (1767–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Saint James's Factory (or "Girl-in-a-Swing", 1750s) Swansea ...
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The Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles N.V. (trading publicly as Royal Delft) [1] is a Dutch manufacturer of Delftware, a type of earthenware, headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands. It is the only remaining factory out of 32 that were established in Delft during the 17th century.
It’s not surprising to find a few cars on this list of the world’s most expensive things. In 2018, a 1962 red Ferrari GTO sold to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby’s auction in Monterey for $48. ...
Date of sale Seller Buyer Auction house Refs $24,100,000 $17,400,000 Red Revenue block of four and sheet of 25 5-candarin Large Dragon stamps Qing China: 1878 (Large Dragons) 1897 (Red Revenues) Unknown (Large Dragons) 1 known (Red Revenues block of four) 32 known (Individual Red Revenues) 2009: Lam Manyin Ding Jingsong Unknown [3] $12,600,000 ...
Sold for: $8 million. Crafted by acclaimed Italian manufacturer, Tibaldi, this flashy pen is adorned with 945 black diamonds and 123 rubies. Its design, which adheres to the “divine proportion ...