The baluster shaped single-handled spouted tin glazed earthenware jug with stopper decorated in shades of blue with a Dutch brown sailing vessel in a Dutch landscape with a windmill 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. The stopper with a rare earthenware end with initials JT & L (Johan Thooft & Labouchere.)
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & J = 1888
No painter initials.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 203 - Fig.14-04
Height: 26 cm. (10,2 inches.)
Diam.: 11 cm. (4,3 inches.)
Weight: 757 grams.