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Announcing our virtual exhibiton 'A Delftware Banquet,' online at www.aronson.com.

Since the study of botany and natural sciences was a growing interest in the Netherlands during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it is no surprise that Delft painters often chose this beloved decoration for their objects. The Delftware floral plates reflect this national passion for flowers and nature. Flower vases, or so-called flower pots, have a long pictorial tradition in the Netherlands. During Holland’s Golden Age, still life paintings of flowers and fruit ‘blossomed.’ The most famous Dutch floral still life painters include Jan Brueghel the Elder, Roelant Savery and many more. Engravers turned the lush bouquets of these renowned artists into prints, which were then available to other artists and artisans to be reproduced in other mediums. Plaques with this kind of rocaille self-frame are not uncommon in Delftware and must have been popular in the rococo era.

Black Delftware is surely the rarest and most elusive group of ceramics produced in the Dutch city of Delft in the early 18th century. Only about 70 objects with a black glaze or black decoration are known in the world and specialist Robert Aronson shares a short idea about these earthenware objects.

A sneak peak at the exhibition 'Royal Blue,' the best Delftware objects from the time of William & Mary, at the end of the 17th century, from Palace Het Loo and Hampton Court Palace. See the best objects produced at the Delft ceramics factories, specifically 'The Greek A' under Samuel van Eenhoorn and his successor Adrianus Kocx. The exhibition will open with most objects in place on June 1st and will run through November 22nd, 2020. Robert Aronson of Aronson Antiquairs in Amsterdam will give you a short overview of this exhibition at which the most amazing Delft Blue is combined.

Adrianus Kocx, owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory in Delft had clientele all over Europe. One of his most avid collectors were King William and Queen Mary. William and Mary bought most of their Delftware from Kocx. The quality of the tin-glazed ceramics he produced were phenomenal.