Slabak van blauw beschilderde faience
De Drie Porceleyne Flessies
c. 1750 - c. 1775
Medium
salad bowl
Dimensions
33.5; 27; 6.5
About this artwork
merk, onderkant bak, geschilderd: ‘HB(ineen)/ 160’
Art Historical Context
### Slabak van Blauw Beschilderde Faience This elegant salad bowl, titled *Slabak van blauw beschilderde faience*, hails from the renowned Dutch pottery factory De Drie Porceleyne Flessies (The Three Porcelain Bottles) in Delft, active around 1750–1775. Crafted as a practical yet decorative serving dish—measuring 33.5 cm wide, 27 cm deep, and just 6.5 cm high—it exemplifies the golden era of Delft Blue ware. Faience, a tin-glazed earthenware, allowed potters to mimic the prized Chinese porcelain flooding European markets, making luxury accessible to middle-class households. The bowl's signat...