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A Dutch delft tile c.1700 depicting a man playing colf.

A Dutch delft tile c.1700 depicting a man playing colf.

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Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Low Countries: Pottery: Pre 1800: Item # 1374876

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A thick tapered sided tile decorated in blue of a man in a hat swinging a colf club at a ball with the post that is the target of the game in the distance. There is no decoration in the four corners. Colf was a Dutch game that may have been the predecessor to golf. The tile is approx. 4 7/8 inches 912.5 cm) square and 3/8 inches (1.2 cm) thick.

Condition: major chip to the upper left corner, smaller chips around the edges and a number of small pock-marks in the glaze on the face of the tile. Also some crazing in the glaze.

Interesting and unusual subject.