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

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

A windmill stands among low buildings and reeds, its Dutch landscape printed in rose-pink on a small eight-sided dish.

This octagonal trinket dish in white glazed ceramic is decorated with a rose-pink transfer print of a windmill, low farm buildings and a waterway or path bordered by reeds and grasses. Birds fly across the open 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 print is crisp.

Key Details

• Maker: Oude Molen Fabriek B.V. (as marked)
• Form: octagonal trinket dish
• Decoration: rose-pink transfer print of a Dutch windmill landscape
• 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: 92 g
• Condition: excellent

Collector Appeal

The rose-pink landscape gives this small dish its own character, with its windmill, waterside buildings and fine octagonal border. It can be displayed on its own or with the companion sailing-boats dish from the shop.

Companion piece from the shop: pink sailing-boats dish.