Gouda and other Dutch Pottery
My collection, hand painted and one of a kind.
This used to be the Gouda.id.au website.
It shows my collection of Dutch pottery, mainly Gouda and
some Delft to assist others, who have similar pottery, with the
identification of their items. I also like to share it because I believe
that the pieces are just about unique in their existence. Gouda pottery
started off as a high glazed product, but then changed to a matte glazed
look. Many potteries at the time used the same production techniques;
hence their pottery had many similarities. In Holland they often refer to
it as earthenware (the Dutch word is “aardewerk”) it literally means made
from the earth, i.e from clay. And true to its name, the colours used to
paint this type of pottery also have a very earthy feel. You would
normally not find very bright colors on this type of pottery. But having
said that, the pieces I talk about are very colorful (just no overly
bright colours), often a mixture of colours woven together into abstract
patterns, or sometimes depicting real-time objects woven into fictitious
patterns. Floral type designs are very common. The pieces were
painted/decorated by hand, so really, no 2 pieces are the same. Also the
"art" of making Gouda pottery is not dead, it still happens, but on a much
smaller scale. The Gouda vase below was given on behalf of the Dutch team
as a present to the mare during the 2018 winter Olympics. The vase was
made by the Goedewaagen pottery. (The top of the vase is in the form of
the map of the Netherlands)
My website shows a variety of decors and models, (mainly of the PZH in
Gouda) and also in the gallery is a closeup of the pottery marks (Stamps)
underneath.
For a bit more about some of the potteries themselves, click
HERE .
I like to think of this website as my (little) online Museum.
Quite unique, Gouda in Australia.
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