The single handled tin glazed earthenware jug decorated in shades of blue with a roundel within a Landscape on a river. The reverse with a roundel with a flowering plant with a perched bird. Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & I = 1887
Painter’s initials: JVI or JM = Not identified
See Erickson Nm 620 in 1882
E = Painter Not identified or E = 1883
Painter: HB = Hendrik Christiaan Bottelier.
Employment dates: 1880 - 1924.
Literature:
Royal Delft, a guide to the Porceleyne Fles van Rick Erickson. Page 84 Fig. 08-07 & 06
Height: 25,5 cm. (10,4 inches.)
Weight: 753 grams