JVV 0325
Delft, 1760-1780
The Three Porcelain Ash Barrels pottery
Mark: VHH, period of Hendrik van Hoorn (1759-1804)
The cylindrical tureen, painted in blue, has a flat bottom, a thickened top and bottom rim, and two mascarons for handles. The flat-round lid has a sloping rim and a grooved, flat mushroom-shaped lid knob. On the side and the cover of the tureen are four larger and four smaller lobed panels alternately reserved on a ground of trellis-work. The panels are painted with two types of stylized flowers. Along the bottom rim is a line with short strokes. The top rim and the rim of the lid are decorated with a band of dot shapes and demi circles. Around the lid knob is a band with ornaments in a double circle. The lid knob has blue lines.
Dimensions: diameter 24 cm / 9.44 in., from handle to handle 29,5 cm / 11.61 in., height 18 cm / 7.08 in.
Similar examples
A cylindrical blue and white tureen is in the Lavino-collection, is now in the Art Museum in The Hague (p. 66). An oval tureen with mascarons from The Metal Pot pottery is depicted in Eliëns (p. 322, no. 110).
Explanatory note
The VHH-mark probably belongs to Hendrik van Hoorn of The Three Porcelain Ash Barrels pottery. In addition to the '3 astonne' mark, his initials HVH were used: the pottery painter most likely made a mistake in the letters. The tureen probably had a stand with a similar decor.
Literature
T.M. Eliëns (ed.), Delfts aardewerk. Geschiedenis van een nationaal product. Deel 2, The Hague/Zwolle 2001
M. Lavino, P. Lavino-Ridderhof, J. van Avermaet, The Lavino Collection, n.p., n.d. [2000]
