Dutch Famille Noire Black Royal Delft Hand Painted Bonbonnière / Candy Box - 1988.

The tin glazed earthenware lidded candy box decorated in colours on a black base with stylized flowering plants and the cover with flowering plants and a perched bird of paradise. For the 325th Jubilee  of Royal Delft in 1978 the Black Delft was new introduced. It was based on the “Famille Noire” that was already made in Delft in the late 17th century. A black base decorated with several colours, the so called: The wondrous Black of Delft. Signed on the bottom in underglaze white for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND & DH  = 1988

Painter: CHA  =  Mrs Caroline Hartman 

Also signed inside of the cover with CHA

Employment years: 1976 -  present (=in 2003)

Literature:

Some black vases are shown in: DELFTWARE - History of a national product De Porceleyne Fles. Page 143 nm 213.

Height:  7 cm. (2,8 inches.)

Diam.: 13,5 cm. (5,3 inches.)       

Weight: 420 grams.