Dutch ceramics.(Report from Europe)(Rozenburg: Delftware from Hague Circles)(Brief article)

In 1883 Wilhelm Wolff Freiherr von Gudenberg, a German entrepreneur, established the Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory in The Hague. His original aim was to produce traditional Delft pottery, but he soon realized that contemporary artistic designs were more popular. His chief designer was T. A. C. Colenbrander, who created exotic vases and dishes with whimsical and bright designs. The early years were exciting, but because they spent too much money creating fragile one-off pieces, the factory struggled financially.

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In the 1890s Rozenburg straddled both art and commerce, producing objects such as vases, tiles, mantel clocks, and jugs inspired by the British arts and crafts movement, as well as ceramics such as roof tiles for the construction industry.

At the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 the ...