A Gouda Pottery Vase c1925

Description

Heading : A Gouda pottery vase
Date : 1925
Period :George V
Marks :Painted “Little House” mark and Zuid Holland and artists initial H.
Origin :Gouda. Netherlands
Colour :Polychrome
Pattern : Matt handpainted formalised floral  design
Condition :Very good. Small chip in the glaze under the foot
Restoration :None
Dimensions : Height 17.4cms
Weight : 336 grams

Reference :The matt glaze employed on this vase post dates 1910 and often referred to generically as Rhodian albeit this is actually the name of a pattern decorated in similar matt colours. The Little House motif is derived fom the elaborate arched entrance dated 1609 of the early leper hospital. The archway today is the entrance to the Gouda Museum.