Pair Of Lamps, Delftware, Eighteenth Century.

Pair of Dutch Delft potteries mounted in lamp. Of ovoid shape and the gadrooned belly, their blue decoration on a white background is inspired by the decorations that one finds on Chinese porcelain brought back by the ships of the East India Company in the 17th and the 18th century, it is composed in the case of our ceramics of plant motifs, a flowering hedge and birds. This taste for chinoiserie was widespread in the eighteenth century, faïenceries European, and more particularly Delft, were inspired and dreamed of producing porcelain in imitation of those brought from the Far East. Eighteenth century. In good condition, some égrenures at the neck. Height lamps: 46 cm. Height of the pots: 20 cm.