each painted with a roundel depicting vernacular buildings in a Dutch landscape, with stylised flowerheads to each corner, two designs repeated

A set of these characteristic blue and white tin-glazed tiles make a great splash-back or feature wall in a kitchen or pantry.

Delft became the centre of the production of these tiles from the 17th Century when the blue and white technique and styles of ornament were imported from China by Dutch merchants and emulated. Soon the Dutch were producing tiles depicting scenes from the world around them and competing tile manufacturers sprung up around Delft. The painters were deft in the speed they could paint and also became inventive with Biblical scenes, flowers, bawdy encounters and puns appearing in their work – these are highly collectable.

This set of tiles comprises three differing designs. Condition is an issue with this set – priced down accordingly – good for making up required numbers together with other batches – we’ll split these if you need singles. We have a few other sets from the same source – some repeating the same eight designs – again each is hand-painted – some batches have different patterns to these. Being from the same source, and before any sell, a total of 72 of these tiles is available at the outset: approximately 16square foot. Search “Delft” above to see remaining batches.