Delft blue pottery

Timeline

1. c. 1631–1640Delft · DelftIn the 1630s multiple pottery workshops in Delft combined existing tin-glazing techniques with Chinese blue-and-white decoration, painting in cobalt blue on white tin-glazed bodies to produce plates, vases, tiles, and other wares for domestic and foreign markets.
2. c. 1635–1640Delft · DelftChinese porcelain imported by the Dutch East India Company became the model imitated by Delft potters; in the later 1630s blue pottery output rose, becoming important objects of display and use in European high society and influencing the English pottery industry.