The 17th century style onion-necked tin glazed earthenware vase with an octagonal baluster shaped body painted in shades of blue with flowering branches and a flying insect. Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & DD = 1984
Painter’s initials: CBE = J. Van Berkel.
Employment dates: 1978 - 1986
Literature:
A simular but smaller item is shown in - Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson. Page 69 - Fig. 7 - 28