The two tin glazed moulded earthenware jars decorated in red, blue and gold, in the “Adriaan van Pijnacker” tradition, with flowering peonies on rockwork surrounded with flowering branches. The domed covers with a gilt lion as finial decorated en suite with flowering peonies.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue and red for
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & CO = 1970.
Painter’s initials: HEL = Mrs H. Elshout
Employment dates: 1961 - 1970
Painter’s initals: BMI = Mrs. B.E. Middelkoop
Employment dates: 1968 – 1971
Domed cover: Blue J. = Not identified
Height: 30 cm. (11,8 inches.)
Diam.: 11 cm. (4,3 inches.)