The development of the Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles is of course connected to the history and evolution of delftware as a whole, starting in the middle of the seventeenth century. This earthenware, made primarily of clay covered with a transparent glaze and hand painted in a characteristic way is not the invention of one man or a one factory. It is the result of many different influences and a great number of years of thorough experimentation with types of clay, painting and firing techniques. It was produced in Antwerp in the sixteenth century.
Jessica Wallien - van Erkel Knihy
