A ROZENBURG EGG-SHELL PORCELAIN AMPHORA DECORATED TWO-HANDLED VASE, decorated by Samuel Schellink, swollen cylindrical shape of octogonal section, narrowing to a swollen cylindrical neck, with strap handles, painted in colours with a parakeet perched on a branch and with three Baroque tulips each in a different stage of growth, on a white ground, painted marks Amphora Holland W503 M97 and artist's monogram SS 40.5 cm high

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A ROZENBURG EGG-SHELL PORCELAIN AMPHORA DECORATED TWO-HANDLED VASE, decorated by Samuel Schellink, swollen cylindrical shape of octogonal section, narrowing to a swollen cylindrical neck, with strap handles, painted in colours with a parakeet perched on a branch and with three Baroque tulips each in a different stage of growth, on a white ground, painted marks Amphora Holland W503 M97 and artist's monogram SS 40.5 cm high

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It is almost certain that after the closing down of the Rozenburg factory in 1914, undecorated pieces of egg-shell porcelain were taken over by the tile and faience factory Amphora in Oegstgeest. These pieces where then decorated by o.a. Samuel Schellink who started at Amphora in 1918.

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