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Agterberg, C.       


Cris Agterberg, a very talented designer in the art industry, painter and sculptor, had his own art studio in Utrecht. Designed for Westraven and Zaalberg vases, art plates & dinnerware, masks at Zenith. Mark/backstamp: CA or Ontwerp C ris Agterberg.

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 Agterberg, C.  

      

Ambacht Haalderen BV, Pottenbakkerij Het       


Pottenbakkerij Ambacht Haalderen, this pottery factory makes handcrafted, hand-trown pottery and art items. Painted decorations in clay as well scratched in engobe. Mark/backstamp Amha Holland.

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 Ambacht Haalderen BV, Pottenbakkerij Het  

      

Ambacht Volendam BV       


Family business Ambacht Volendam (the Schilder family) makes handcrafted and hand-thrown pottery, dinnerware, souvenirs and art items, dinner-sets with engobe decorations.Painted decorations and scratched in clay as well in engobe. Pottery Factory Ambacht Volendam items were made on the press and finished of & painted by hand. H. Verberkmoes, M. de Leeuw, D. Wildschut

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 Ambacht Volendam BV  

      

Amphora, Tegel- en Fayencefabriek       


Big names of designers & painters were working at the Tegel & Fayencefabriek / Tile & Faience Factory Amphora, made top level pure decorative and hollow-ware pottery & ceramics. Can be mixed up with other famous Amphora pottery factory from Bohemia.Mark/backstamp: Amphora Holland.

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 Amphora, Tegel- en Fayencefabriek  

      

Amstel, Aardewerkfabriek De       


Kitchenware pottery, poured-, turned- & hand thrown ceramics, Delft ware. Pottery factory/Aardewerkfabriek De Vink continued in 1949 as De Amstel. And proceded in 1951 in Zeist by the Aalten brothers as Pottery factory/Aardewerkfabriek Inka (Inca, derived from Inca decoration tradition). Established in Vroomshoop between 1964-1983.

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  Amstel, Aardewerkfabriek De  

      

Amstelhoek, Aardewerkfabriek       


Pottery Factory/Aardewerkfabriek Amstelhoek made pottery in their own very recognizable style, art & daily use ceramic objects, derived from old Grecian crockery. Mark/backstamp: see picture, mixed A H.

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 Amstelhoek, Aardewerkfabriek  

      

Andree, Johannes Hendricus       


Potter Hein Andree experimented the first part of the 20th century with different kinds of clay, glaze ingrediënts and different baking temperatures for refreshing pottery results. Mark/backstamp: J.H. Andree, placed codes at the bottom of his work which refer to different glaze-compositions.

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 Andree, Johannes Hendricus  

      

Arnhemse Fayencefabriek, nv       


Arnhemse Fayencefabriek, this ceramics factory from Arnhem produced decorative art & dinnerware, like bonbon dishes, smoke and liqueur sets, etc. and occasional - souvenir pottery (ashtrays for the Amsterdam Olympic Games 1928), 4 beautiful shaped tea sets but of poor quality. Related to Zuid Holland, de Distel (elegant & simple) and Rozenburg (amforen), Klaas Vet,  part of the mat glaze development. Mark/backstamp Fayencefabriek Arnhem Holland, walking cock to the left decoration.

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 Arnhemse Fayencefabriek, nv  

      

Bakker, Lucie Q., Pottenbakkerij       


(Pottery factory) Lucie Q Bakker, this potter created hand made & hand thrown (mostly brown/green with a white interieur) pottery and dinner-sets (single pieces) with half mat glazes as opposite of the mechanical pottery manufacture. Mark/Backstamp see picture.

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 Bakker, Lucie Q., Pottenbakkerij  

      

Bellefroid, G.M.E.       


Edmond Bellefroid's designs are path-breaking in the technical possibilities of the mechanical pottery production. Restyled old models and designed 35 new ceramic dinner sets. Mark/backstamp Edm. Bellefroid.

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 Bellefroid, G.M.E.  

      

Blanken, G. de       


Gerrit de Blanken is a trained potter in flowerpots and chimney-pots, from 1923 on in Zoeterwoude his own workshop, 1955-1961 in Leiderdorp, spherical and oval vases, plates and dinnerware like Unica/single pieces & serial pottery. Mark/backstamp d BL, Gerrit de Blanken.

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 Blanken, G. de  

      

De Blauwe Dolfijn, Pottenbakkerij       


Pottenbakkerij De Blauwe Dolfijn, this pottery factory produced handmade and hand thrown ceramics, unica/single pieces, decorative pottery and dinnerware. 

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 De Blauwe Dolfijn, Pottenbakkerij  

      

Bogtman, Willem       


Willem Bogtman designed decorative art pottery for Eskaf between 1919-1925, designed ceramic vase model-number 320 - 324. Mark/backstamp see picture.

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 Bogtman, Willem  

      

Boeziek, B.J.       


Bernardus Boeziek had his own pottery workshop from 1910 of in Watergraafsmeer and worked before that at Weduwe NSA Brantjes, who made imitation Delft ware in the beginning.

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 Boeziek, B.J.  

      

Bos, R., Aardewerkfabriek       


Mass production of single pieces high gloss kitchenware use pottery for chains, aardewerkfabriek/pottery factory Bos prizes are low because of extreme mechanization. In 1987 de Driehoek take over by Bos. De Driehoek kept its own name, but gets Bos' identity.

Since 1988 name "Circle Design". Now Newland Pottery.

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 Bos, R., Aardewerkfabriek  

      

Bosch, N.A.       


The Maastricht' pottery factory/ aardewerkfabriek N.A. Bosch only existed for 13 years. Started this ceramics factory in imitation of  Petrus Regout. Made unpainted, painted & printed pottery of good quality, with decoration names like Petlamb, Willow and Swiss Fountain.

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 Bosch, N.A.  

      

Brantjes en Co., Firma Weduwe N.S.A.       


Weduwe Brantjes en Co, this pottery factory started with Delft ware imitations, later colourfull decorations, like portraits and a nature inspired Art Nouveau-style. Impressionists landscape, copied from paintings decorations and hatched paintings on cream coloured ceramics, only done by the most talented artists, like Boeziek. Factory mark/backstamp : wooden shoe/clog, sometimes Faience de Purmerende Hollande.

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 Brantjes en Co., Firma Weduwe N.S.A.  

      

Breetvelt, H.L.A.       


Henri Breetvelt had his own workshop in 1909 till 1916 in Den Haag. Made design-drawings for pottery decorations. Worked at different ceramics factories, like Zuid Holland, Porceleinfabriek de Kroon and Société Céramique. Mark/backstamp see picture.

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 Breetvelt, H.L.A.  

      

Brouwer's Aardewerk "Vredelust", NV Fabriek van       


Willem C. Brouwer, pottery factory called Vredelust, created art pottery in Art Nouveau-style, clay modelling, (after 1927 almost only) building- & garden ceramics in terra cotta. Brouwer's: pure handicraft potters techniques, like the hand turn and moulding work, slipware, sgrafitto and stamp- en inlay techniques, with folk pottery as his inspiration. Mark/backstamp Brouwers Handwerk Holland.

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 Brouwer's Aardewerk "Vredelust", NV Fabriek van  

      

Ciro Keramiek       


Ciro Keramiek/Ceramics originate from Handwerk Keramiek Loré, hand-thrown stoneware florist's items. Mark/backstamp : Ciro.

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 Ciro Keramiek  

      

Colenbrander, T.C.A.       


Decorative artist Theodoor Colenbrander designed between 1884 and 1889 for Rozenburg, new models for jugs, vases and plates. New waving shapes in designs, like the knobs in bamboo, inspired by the oriental Far East. Turban-jugs, vases with covers similar to the Turkisch minaret. Mark/backstamp: full name or dutch (red, bleu and white) flag.

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 Colenbrander, T.C.A.  

      

Cor Unum       


Cor Unum (= 1 heart) is a ceramic social/sheltered workshop (government support) with (logical) higher productioncosts, distinguished itself with colour and shape/model by focussing on the more art-wise upperclass of the population, ceramic profit making company. Unica/single pieces & serial production of kitchenware items. Mark/backstamp Cor Unum Contemporary Ceramics or CU.

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 Cor Unum  

      

Delft, NV Plateelbakkerij, (P.B.D.)       


Plateelbakkerij Delft, this pottery factory produced art pottery in delft blue, multicolour decorations on a white background, commemorative plates, building ceramics and tile scenes, lustre glaze.

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 Delft, NV Plateelbakkerij, (P.B.D.)  

      

Distel, Plateelbakkerij De       


In the beginning Plateelbakkerij de Distel, this pottery factory made colourfull decorative art pottery in the Rozenburg style, Decorative tiles for on the wall (copies of paintings and images), advertising- & commemorative tile sceneries, Celtic influences. De Distel took over pottery factory Lotus of Nienhuis in 1901, Nienhuis’ mat glaze ceramics at an ivory background with changing geometrical ornament-decorations, became the speciality of Distel, clients all over the world! Factory mark/backstamp see picture.

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 Distel, Plateelbakkerij De  

      

Driehoek, Potterie De       


Pottery factory/Potterie de Driehoek, their pottery is called Huizen ceramics. Mechanical production of single pieces of household pottery and fashionable ceramic dinnerware. Mark/backstamp Huizen Holland.

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 Driehoek, Potterie De  

      

Dordtsche Kunstpotterij D.K.P.       


Dordtsche Kunstpotterij (D.K.P) made decorative art pottery, like tiles, vases with embossed decorations, sculptures and ornaments. Geometrical patterns and Rozenburg decorations, motto text.

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 Dordtsche Kunstpotterij D.K.P.  

      

Duinvoet, De       


Plateelfabriek/pottery factory De Duinvoet was established with a socialistic view on society: well made handcrafted affordable pottery, hollow-ware ceramics and figures/sculptures. Straight, simple and colourfull. Mark/backstamp Duinvoet, Haag.

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 Duinvoet, De  

      

Eisenloeffel, J., Jan       


Gold-silver smith & designer Jan Eisenloeffel had his own workshop since 1910 in Laren. Dinnerware and other hollow-ware pottery, designer for Pottery Factory Zuid Holland, De Distel (1900-1908, o.a. carduus-tiles with dragon-flies) and de Sphinx. Mark/backstamp see picture.

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 Eisenloeffel, J., Jan  

      

E.S.K.A.F, NV, Eerste Steenwijksche Kunstaardewerkfabriek Eskaf       


Pottery factory ESKAF made Amsterdam School Art Deco decorative art pottery, tiles, dinnerware and construction ceramics, mostly with mat cream/black glaze, painted stylized figures, butterfly and flower motifs. Mark/backstamp Eskaf Steenwijk/Huizen Holland.

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 E.S.K.A.F, NV, Eerste Steenwijksche Kunstaardewerkfabriek Eskaf  

      

Flora, Plateelbakkerij       


Mechanical production (Gouda Pottery Factory Flora, ‘we do not sell decorative art pottery’) of handpainted, luxury mostly vases, plates & astray's, pastry- and peanut sets, ± 120 models and decors with city-names like Madrid, Tokio, Istanbul, girls-names Tosca, Carla and other names like Rumba, with rullo-glaze, Lila, after the color and Liane with (copper at tinglaze) green stripes, etc. Mark/backstamp Flora Keramiek Gouda Holland..

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 Flora, Plateelbakkerij  

      

Frankton CV, Keramische Industrie       


After World War II, Frankton's ceramics factory started of extreme mechanisation with mass production, in the beginning complete pottery dinner-sets of dinnerware, later on simple single (cheap and glazed) hollow-ware/kitchenware pieces, like oven plates, tea and filter/percolator pots and decorative flowerpots. Mark/backstamp Frankton tegelen Made in Holland.

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 Frankton CV, Keramische Industrie  

      

Fris, NV, Keramische Industrie       


Pottery factory (Studio) Fris produced household kitchenware pottery and luxury use ceramics, like vases, petit four-, pastry- en peanut sets, distinguished itself by good shapes and fresh colours with a shaded glaze, high aesthetical standards. Emphasis on the highest using value, like stacking needs less cupboard room. Decoration was 'useless, unpractical and diverts the attention’. Mark/backstamp: Fris Edam or Studio Fris Made in Holland.

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 Fris, NV, Keramische Industrie