The three octagonal corded tin glazed earthenware jars decorated in shades of blue with flowering peonies on open rockwork in the early 18th century tradition.
The domed covers decorated en suite and with a sitting lion as finial. The two octagonal beaker vases decorated en suite. The center lidded jar and the two beaker vases signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BK = 1941
Production 773
Painter’s initials V = M.H. Verbree.
Employment dates: 1934 - 1951
Height: 48 cm. (18,9 inches.)
Weight: 3.500 Grams.
Two Beaker vases
Height: 33,2 cm. (13 inches,)
Diam. Top: 19,4 cm. (7,6 inches.)
Weight: 1.555 & 1727
Left Lidded Jar
ROYAL DELFT - BN = 1944
Painter: CS = Casper Schilperoort. (Also inside lid)
Employment dates 15 Oct. 1894 - 1950
Weight: 3.621 grams.
Height: 49,5 cm. (19,5 inches.)
Right Lidded Jar
ROYAL DELFT - BJ = 1940
Painter: VL = T. A. B. van Lingen.
Employment dates: 28 March 1893 -1945.
Height: 48 cm. (18,9 inches.)
Weight: 3.040 grams.