JVV 0558
Delft, 1750-1800
The blue and white colander stands on three legs, has two round handles and is painted in blue with four large fish and six fruits. The depiction is framed within a double circle. Stripes are painted on the handles.
Dimensions: diameter 34 cm / 13.38 in., from handle to handle 39,8 cm / 15.66 in, height 5,5 cm / 2.16 in.
Explanatory note
Colanders in faience are based on specimens in lead-glazed earthenware that occur as early as the first half of the seventeenth century. Unpainted white colanders will have been made in the seventeenth century, but the blue-painted colanders all date from the eighteenth century. Miniature colanders are also known, these were intended as doll’s ware.
Literature
L.-P. van Geenen, Delfts aardewerk. Merken en fabrieken. Dutch Delfware, Marks and factories, Fayence de Delft, marques et usines, Hoorn 2017
E.M.Ch.F. Klijn, Onbekend tinglazuuraardewerk. de collectie van het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem 2003
