19th Century Large Dutch Delft Shield Plaque

A 19th century large Delft shield plaque that depicts a historical townscape.

The scene shows a single horse and cart on a town road, the foreground is filled with grazing animals and fisherman along a stream. The horizon has a church spire to the right and the wider city to the left.

The panel is presented in a cartouche shape with a ribboned edge. The bottom section has a scrolling plaque that looks like it was made to hold a name in the centre.

Delft Tiles

Delft dates back as far as the early 1500s. The Dutch city of Delft, after which the pottery is named, was the major centre of its production. Tiles and pottery made from Delft are applied with a tin and magnesium glaze that gives them their distinctive purple-blue colour.

Their well-known blue and white tiles appeared around 1620 and became world famous, the tiles often painted with scenes from daily life and used to decorate kitchens, chimneypieces, staircases and more.