Tichelaar Makkum – set of hand-painted vintage plates, second half 20th century

Highlights

• Handpicked by justloveantiques
• Vintage from the 18th century
• Materials: tinglazed earthenware
• Width: 30 centimeters

Makkum pottery Tichelaar set of 3 vintage century decorative plates from the late 29th century.
Lovely vivid colors and traditional decoration.

Ready for wall suspension
The largest 30cm, the middle plate 23 and the smallest scalloped plate 16 cm diameter.

Royal Tichelaar is located in a small fishing village in the north of the Netherlands, Makkum. The history of the company goes way back to 1572, making it the oldest continuously operating company in the Netherlands. Tichelaar means “tile-maker”, and at first the factory only produced bricks and tiles, but around 1700 production also started of tin-glazed household and ornamental dishes. After 1890 a large part of the production became oriented towards ornamental Delftware in various forms and styles. Tichelaar uses a yellow baking clay for their products, which is locally excavated. After baking it receives a white tin-glaze and is subsequently decorated. This is the way all Delftware was produced centuries ago, and Tichelaar is the only remaining factory to still do so. Other Delftware producers in the Netherlands around 1900 switched to painting directly on white baking clay without the extra layer of tin-glaze. True to the spirit of tradition, Tichelaar keeps mechanization to a minimum and all items remain handpainted. The quality of the handpainting is very good, it has a distinctive “Frisian” character that is very recognisable.

Tichelaar today still produces Delftware, but on a limited scale. The traditional production process makes that the items are nowadays very costly to produce, and for many too expensive to buy.

Please reach out to me if you are interested in purchasing only one. We can discuss the price