Rare Famille Noire Black Scratch Royal Delft Lidded Tea Caddy - 1966

The tin glazed earthenware box with square body decorated in black, in the late 17th century tradition, with flowering prunus branches in white and yellow, using the short - lived Black Scratch technique, which is far less common than the later jubilee black Delft from 1978. The cover decorated en suite.

Signed on the bottom in underglaze black for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL  DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND  &  CK = 1966

Painter’s initials: GOU  = G.J. Oudijk  

Painter & designer.

Employment dates: 1941 - 1983 

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. This box  is an earlier type using the short - lived  “Black Scratch” technique., which is far less common. It was created by G.J. Oudijk

Literature:

This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft  Page 228   - Fig.15-101. with 29 models as number 7.

Height: 13 cm. (5,1 inches.)

Diam.:    8 cm. (3,1 inches.)