RERAMIC STUDIO 
found an old workman named Cornelius Tulk, who although 
nearly 80 years old, had not forgotten the delicate art, prac- 
ticed in his youth, of painting over the porous body of 
faience, and who was able to initiate a new generation into 
this difficult decoration. In 1877 Thooft secured the col- 
laboration of A. Le Comte, professor of Decorative Art in 
the Polytechnical School of Delft, who has since been the 
artistic director of the works; in 1881 Mr. Labouchere be- 
came a partner, and since the death of Joost Thooft in 1890, 
remains the only owner of the " Porcelain Bottle." 
quite different from the old one, the results must also have 
greatly differed. The underglaze decoration allows a variety 
of details and tones which could not be obtained over the 
tin enamel, and the old decorative motifs were modified 
accordingly. Hence the faiences with decoration in blue and 
sepia camaieu, which were unknown twenty-five years ago, 
but are so often seen now. The old shapes are often imitated 
or copied and many decorative motifs, landscapes and orna- 
ments are taken from the masterpieces of the old school, but 
new forms have been created and many celebrated modern 
Fountain in blue camaieu under the glaze. 
The revival of the old blue painting on white ground, painters and water colorists, such as Israels, Bisschop, 
which had made the reputation of the town in the old times, Mauve, Roelofs and others, have made special designs for the 
met at once with great favor, and it was soon possible for the decoration of tiles and plaques. Decorative landscapes are 
factory to give up the fabrication of common earthenware also composed by the artists of the factory, who receive under 
and devote itself exclusively to the production of artistic the direction of Mr. L. Senf, the head of the studio, a regular 
ware s. training in designing and painting. 
DELFT FAIENCE WITH WHITE PASTE AND TRANSPARENT GLAZE. 
At first Joost Thooft decided to replace the old Delft 
paste glazed with stanniferous enamel and decorated over the 
glaze, by a body of whiter paste, decorated under the glaze 
and glazed with a transparent enamel. This process being 
Jaeoba faience. 
DELFT FAIENCE WITH STANNIFEROUS ENAMEL. 
Although the underglaze decoration has great advan- 
tages, it cannot be denied that the old painting over stan- 
niferous enamel produces decorative effects which cannot be 
reproduced under glaze, nor can this milky and velvety white, 
one of the charms of the old Delft, be obtained except by the 
use of a tin glaze. For this reason the old style of Delft 
