DELFT DUO VASE SET BY MARCEL WANDERS
A study in contrast, the DELFT DUO VASE SET BY MARCEL WANDERS pairs a sculptural white character figure with a glossy black ginger jar — two opposing forms united on a single hand-painted cobalt blue floral tray. The result is a piece that challenges what a vase is allowed to be, and gets the answer right.
Two Personalities, One Heritage Base
The two objects on the tray could not be more different from one another. On the left, a white matte porcelain figure — rounded and compact, with two small red dot eyes — supports a Delft Blue floral cup above its head. The form is disarming and deliberately playful: equal parts sculpture, character, and vessel. On the right, a high-gloss black ginger jar with a domed lid and turned knob finial brings a completely different energy — formal, weighty, and polished to a deep lacquer shine.
What holds the two objects together is the shared base. A low rectangular tray finished in Royal Delft’s signature underglaze cobalt blue, it is covered edge-to-edge in a dense all-over floral composition: small blooms, trailing stems, and botanical motifs hand-painted on white porcelain. The tray grounds both pieces in the same Dutch ceramic tradition that Royal Delft has maintained at its workshop in the Netherlands since 1653. Each finished piece bears the authentic Delft mark — a guarantee of origin.
Specifications
- Set Width: 9.8 in / approx. 25 cm
- Height: 11.8 in / approx. 30 cm
- Depth: 3.1 in / approx. 8 cm
- Material: Porcelain
- Object 1: White matte character figure vase with Delft Blue floral cup and red dot eyes
- Object 2: High-gloss black ginger jar with domed lid and knob finial
- Tray: Hand-painted underglaze cobalt blue all-over floral pattern
- Care: Wipe with a damp cloth; not dishwasher safe
A Piece That Starts Conversations
The duo vase sculpture set is not a conventional decorative object — it is a deliberate conversation between craft and character, between the historic and the irreverent. The white figure and the black jar are a study in opposites: matte against gloss, rounded against angular, playful against formal. The Delft Blue tray beneath them is the constant element that makes the contrast readable and gives the set its unity.
The compact footprint — 9.8 inches wide, just 3.1 inches deep — makes the set a precise accent piece for a mantelpiece shelf, bookcase, or console table. The Delft Blue cup on the white figure will hold a single stem. Both objects can also be displayed empty, as art sculptures for sale. Either way, the visual tension between the two does the work.
Megan Taylor –
I am completely obsessed with this decorative porcelain set! The mix of the glossy black ginger jar alongside the whimsical blue-and-white animal figure is so charming and unique. Placed on top of that beautifully detailed patterned base, it looks like a high-end designer museum piece. The quality is outstanding, feeling heavy and ultra-luxurious. It brings so much personality and chic style to my entryway table—worth every single penny!
Adrienne Fox –
This composition is pure storytelling in ceramic form! The adorable white round creature with its tiny red dot eyes paired with a glossy black lidded ginger jar on that beautiful Delft blue floral tray is so narratively rich and whimsical. It’s art direction in object form. My friends literally crowded around it at my dinner party. Absolutely one-of-a-kind treasure!