Where is delftware made

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Skipper 4 - Overnachten in Stijl. Bij hen op Ameland. In spite of this, Delft Blue achieved unrivalled popularity, and at its peak, there were 33 factories in Delft. Of all of these factories, the only one remaining today is Royal Delft. Various trends in pottery may be observed throughout the centuries. In , Majolica pottery from Spain and Italy was the trend. Many potters in Antwerp copied the popular pottery until they were forced to flee the city from Spanish conquerors in The potters regrouped in Delft, where they concentrated on reproducing the latest trend, Chinese porcelain, starting in From that time onward, the city of Delft has been inextricably linked to Delft Blue pottery.

Between and , Delft was one of the most important pottery producers in Europe. The Delft Blue pottery was immensely popular, and was collected by rich families throughout the world. At that moment very simple pottery was being produced in the Netherlands. The small pottery factories were established at places where clay was to be found and where there was a good supply of peat or wood for firing the kilns.

In order to make these simple pottery objects, the clay, which was modelled in the desired shape, was first fired. The paint they used was made of watery clay or slip. Then the object was given a transparent lead glaze and fired again to make it watertight and easier to keep clean. This lead glaze was relatively expensive and therefore the early pieces of pottery were only glazed on the places which could become easily dirty, such as a spout or at the bottom on the inside.

Where in the Netherlands in the early fifteenth century only very simple pottery was being made, various cities in Italy were already producing high quality ceramics. In the cities of Venice, Florence, Faenza and Urbino for example, the potters created ceramics with an opaque white, tin-based glaze on fired clay, which served as a ground for polychrome enamel painting. This South-European pottery, locally referred to as Maiolica or Faience, was richly decorated and coloured.

The finds of Maiolica and Faience in the Netherlands are however very rare, since both the laborious process of painting and the long distance the pottery had to travel, made it a luxury that could only be afforded by a small group of rich people.