The baluster shaped single-handled spouted tin glazed earthenware jug with stopper decorated in shades of blue with a windmill in a Dutch landscape in a cartouche and surrounded with stylized flowers. On the back the date Opgericht Anno 1575 . (Established) and in top LIKEUR FABRIEK ERVEN LUCAS BOLS AMSTERDAM. Erven Lucas Bols, the oldest Genever distilled brand (heirs) LUCAS BOLS in Amsterdam, established in Amsterdam in 1575.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & I = 1887
No Painter’s initials.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 203 - Fig.14-04
Height: 27 cm. (10,6 inches.)
Diam.: 10 cm. (3,9 inches.)
Weight: 768 gram.