Delft faience was produced in thirty different workshops for more than two centuries. Tens of thousands of men and women worked in Delft on a product with a European appeal. Although a broad cross-section of the Dutch population bought it, the best faience was reserved for the elite of Europe.
This book describes the workshops, the people, and the beautiful decorated wares that they produced. The pieces which have been selected for the illustrations in the book all come from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which is one of the finest in the Netherlands.