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Each month, we highlight a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs collection. This month, we are pleased to present this rare, early pear-shaped vase, made around 1680 at the renowned De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory in Delft. Although Delft potters had begun experimenting with ways to replicate Chinese porcelain as early as the…

Each month, we highlight a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs collection. This month, we are pleased to present this blue and white cruet set. Among the most elegant expressions of Delft ceramics produced around 1700 are objects intended for the dining table. This refined cruet set, made at the celebrated De Roos (The Rose)…

Each month, we highlight a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs collection. This month, we are pleased to present a pair of blue and white royal portrait trays. This exceptional pair of Delft trays presents a refined and politically charged homage to Prince William IV, Stadtholder of the United Provinces, and his consort, Princess Anne…

Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this blue and white flower vase, from circa 1710. Quintel vases have five spouts and were amongst the earliest examples of spouted vases. The heart-shaped model with five spouts, such as the present one, followed the early quintel…

Every month, we highlight a remarkable piece from the Aronson Antiquairs collection. This month we present this beautiful pair of blue and white model of shoes, from circa 1760. Miniature ceramic shoes like this pair were commonly sold at annual fairs and regional markets throughout the Low Countries. While most examples are undated, some bear…

Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this beautiful blue and white cuspidor, which was made in the city of Delft around 1750. The word ‘cuspidor’ (kwispedoor) comes from the same word in Portuguese: cuspidouro, meaning ‘place for spitting’ and has its…

Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this pair of blue and white Budai Heshang flower holders. Among the more whimsical yet deeply meaningful forms in early eighteenth-century Dutch Delftware are figural vessels that blend sculptural ingenuity with symbolic resonance. A particularly…

Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this blue and white oval plaque, made around 1705. The plaque depicts a lively tavern scene. Peasants are reveling as they watch a couple dancing to the music of a horn or shawm player. A skeptical…

Every month, a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection is presented. This month, the focus is on a blue and white apothecary jar and cover, made around 1740. This apothecary jar, inscribed with “Ung. Opiatum,” is an unusually shaped example of Delftware used for storing opium-based ointments. Such preparations, known as Unguentum Opiatum, were…

Every month, a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection is presented. This month, the focus is on a blue and white biblical charger, made around 1660. The decoration on this dish depicts one of the Old Testament’s most powerful examples of obedience and faith: the story from Genesis, Chapter 22, verses 1-18, of Abraham…