Object of the Month

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…

Each month, we highlight a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs collection. This month, we are pleased to present a set of open work fruit baskets. Delft flower baskets, intended for floral arrangements, have formed part of the repertoire of Delft potteries since the later seventeenth century. Certain workshops even appointed specialists devoted exclusively to…

Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this blue and white biconical salt vessel on a square base. For thousands of years, salt has been an indispensable commodity. Essential for preserving and flavoring food, it once held such universal value that it…

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 highlight a remarkable piece from the Aronson Antiquairs collection. This month we present this magnificent large Imari dish, painted in a vibrant palette inspired by the luxurious porcelain imported from Japan. Produced in Delft around 1710, this dish embodies the period’s fascination with the exotic and the elegant synthesis of Eastern and…

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 are delighted to share with you a pair of butter tubs with covers and stands, executed in polychrome petit feu and enriched with gilding, dating from circa 1760. Each octagonal tub is painted in the vibrant Kakiemon palette with birds…

Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this figurative group modeled as two gentlemen sitting at either end of a rowing boat, painted in yellow, iron-red and manganese, one holding two large wooden oars and wearing a manganese hat, a yellow-cuffed iron-red…