ULTRA RARE DELFT COW c1908

A VERY RARE PIECE FROM THE FAMOUS DELFT POTTERY OF "DE PORCELEYNE

FLES" ( THE PORCELAIN BOTTLE OR JAR) THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AROUND

1660 IT WAS DECORATED BY ANTONIUS JOHANNES VAN KAMPENHOUT WHO

WORKED AT THE FACTORY FROM 1892 -1942 AND HE WAS TO BECOME ONE OF

THE FINEST PAINTERS (SCHILDERS) AT DE PORCELEYNE FLES.

THIS STUNNING PIECE, MODEL NUMBER 633 IS STILL MADE TODAY BUT ONLY

PAINTED IN BLUE. THE CURRENT PRICE IS US$585.00 IT IS THE HIGHEST

QUALITY AVAILABLE AND OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ROYAL DELFTS. IT IS THE

STANDARD BY WHICH ALL OTHER DELFT IS JUDGED.

THE LETTERS AD GIVE US A DATE OF 1908 AND THIS 6" MODEL IS IN

EXCELLENT CONDITION, NO CHIPS OR CRACKS, NO RESTORATION BUT IT

DOES HAVE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF CRAZING TO THE GLAZE

COMENSURATE WITH ITS 100 YEARS+ WE ARE GOING TO START THE BIDDING

AT AROUND THE PRICE OF A NEW PIECE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, OF COURSE,

WORTH FAR IN EXCESS OF THAT.