Dutch Boy Smoking Pipe, Hand-drawn Watercolor Postcard, 1924 pewter box thin forms

thin forms

Found at a fantastic estate sale loaded with mid-century ceramics and other wonderful objects from around the world

but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another

Cup measures 3 1/8" t x 2 7/8" across at lip

and blue glaze

Dutch Boy Smoking Pipe, Hand-drawn Watercolor Postcard, 1924 pewter box thin formsI've come to understand that a Dutch boy in clogs was a common subject for hand drawn postcards in the first quarter of the 20th century, and was used as the basis for all sorts of playful variations. (I had another in the shop missing one sock, reading 'In Haste I am Yours'.) I love the pink cheeks and arched eyebrows on this (cheeky!) one, puffing on a very long pipe with trail of smoke behind presumably straight off the streets of Amsterdam! 3 1 2"