Tech From Here: NL · Sources
Blue on white
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
Other sources
- Age only as "centuries": the house is 17th century opsolder.nl
- Facts rijksmuseum.nl
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Tile panel with the tile and pottery factory in Bolsward (BK-NM-5853), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Tegel, blauw en mangaan, met gevlamde decoratie. (BK-1974-113), Rijksmuseum rijksmuseum.nl
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A wall of white tiles, each with a small blue figure, crossed by fine cracks and chipsPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 2
- A tall blue-and-white tile panel showing a factory cut open: workers on three floors and a big kiln running up the middleSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Glossy white tiles with small hand-painted blue figures, some worn, between gray grout linesPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 4
- A candle burning in front of a wall of tiles with a purple diamond pattern, earthenware dishes on the shelf belowPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 5
- A single square tile covered in flame-like streaks of blue and dark purpleSource: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamMuseum or journal record
- Slide 6
- An old kitchen hearth: tiled walls, a cast-iron fireback, earthenware pots and a rush-seat chairPhoto: RN Collins