Dutch Tiles
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Amsterdam
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

The city arms have three St. Andrew's crosses, possibly from the coat of arms of a former land owner in the region.

Value: £ 5-10
Hungarian Revolution (1956)
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

Large tile showing a burning hand rising from the Hungarian flag. There is a tiny flake from the blue paint, and a tiny flake to the lower rim on one edge.

Value: £ 70
KLM flies again
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

Today, this image of a plane flying towards the New York skyline seems disturbing. But this tile commemorates the resumption of transatlantic flights from Holland to New York after the war. Two versions have the text either in Dutch or in English.

Value: £ 90-130
Leiden University
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

Mint condition. This tile has not text, but shows the Academic Building of Leiden University, The Netherlands. The building is the site of University ceremonies, and is on the Rapenburg - one of the most beautiful old canals in The Netherlands.

Value: £ 20-35
Pair of commemorative tiles (1948)
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

For Juliana and Wilhelmina. A third shield-shape tile (1949; not shown) has the initials JB for Juliana Bernhard.

Value: £ 20-35
Resistance tile with slain Nazi dragon
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

The dead dragon symbolises the defeated Nazi regime, and has a swastika on its forehead. Many tiles were produced in Holland to commemorate the end of the war, which had led to terrible suffering in The Netherlands and across the world.

Value: £ 40-70
South Holland province
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

Zuid Holland

Value: £ 5-10
Spaarbank te Delft
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

(Delft Savings bank), with a squirrel.

Value: £ 5-10
The Netherlands
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

No description available

Value: £ 5-10
The lion of Holland rises again (1945)
Theme: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)

No description available

Value: £ 35-60
Queen Wilhelmina's 40th jubilee
Theme: Goedewaagen

Common

Value: £ 3-7
Dutch Liberation mosaic tile
Theme: Miscellaneous

This rare tile has pieces fitted together to imitate a mosaic, and overglaze decoration with an orange tree, the flags of Orange and The Netherlands, and the Dutch Royal Coat of Arms surmounting a broken, burning swastika.

Value: £ 50-100
Dutch Royal Arms
Theme: Westraven

KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDSCH WAPEN (Royal Dutch Coat of Arms).

Value: £ 10-20
George and the Dragon tile (c. 1950s)
Theme: Westraven

The designer was J. J. van der Sluys whose impressed pseudonym, Jac Lovades, can be seen in the photo. He designed for Westraven from 1946-1960, so the tile must date from somewhere in this period. Presumably made for sale in England (St. George is their patron Saint), as it is marked MADE IN HOLLAND. Westraven made a range of exceptionally beautiful, Picasso-like designs on tiles in the 1950s. Minute flake round the hole where the string is hung. Couple of burst bubbles on the lower edge.

Value: £ 70-100




Background information
A collection of ceramic tiles made by various companies

Dutch Tiles Themes
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 De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)   Goedewaagen   Miscellaneous   Westraven  

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De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (Royal Delft)
All items listed in this theme have the impressed bottle mark.

Goedewaagen
In Gouda from 1779-1961, then Nieuw Buinen 1961 onwards.

Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous Dutch tiles

Westraven
In Utrecht from 1907-1985, now in Groenekan. Has been a division of De Porceleyne Fles since 1962 (information from the book Made In Holland by Bogaers - see books).

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