Oude Molen Fabriek B.V. | Pink Sailing Boats | Octagonal Trinket Dish | Transfer-Printed Ceramic | Marked Delft Holland

Oude Molen Fabriek B.V. | Pink Sailing Boats | Octagonal Trinket Dish | Transfer-Printed Ceramic | Marked Delft Holland

Two sailing boats on a Dutch waterway, printed in rose-pink on a small eight-sided dish.

This octagonal dish in white glazed ceramic is decorated with a rose-pink transfer print of two sailing boats on a Dutch waterway, one with a patched sail. Gabled houses and trees line the bank, with a small windmill in the distance. Reeds frame the foreground, birds cross the sky, and a fine pink line follows the eight-sided rim.

The underside bears the printed mark of Oude Molen Fabriek B.V.: a crowned shield with windmills and lions, an “OM” monogram, and the words “Delft” and “Holland”. Little has been established about the company or where it made its wares. Although marked “Delft Holland”, this is a transfer-printed piece rather than traditional hand-painted Delftware. The “B.V.” company form, introduced in the Netherlands in 1971, dates the mark to after that year.

The dish is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or crazing, and the printed decoration remains crisp.

Key Details

• Maker: Oude Molen Fabriek B.V. (as marked)
• Form: octagonal trinket dish
• Decoration: rose-pink transfer print of sailing boats on a Dutch waterway
• Material: glazed ceramic
• Backstamp: crowned shield with windmills and lions, “OM” monogram, “Delft” and “Holland”
• Date: after 1971 (B.V. mark), probably late 20th century
• Size: 11.1 cm across
• Weight: 95 g
• Condition: excellent

Collector Appeal

The sailing boats, distant windmill and waterside buildings form a small Dutch landscape in rose-pink. The dish may be displayed on its own or alongside its companion windmill-pattern dish.

Companion piece from the shop: pink windmill-landscape dish.