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Royal Delft
The only Delftware factory still operating after 370 years — watch painters at work.
Royal Delft (De Porceleyne Fles), founded 1653, is the last surviving original Delftware factory. Tour the workshop, watch the hand-painting, and see a 9 m² tiled replica of Rembrandt's Night Watch.
Founded in 1653 as De Porceleyne Fles, this is the only one of Delft's 17th-century Delftware factories still in operation. Granted the predicate "Royal" by King Willem III in 1919. Tour includes archive pieces, the painting studio (every piece is still hand-painted with a cobalt oxide that turns blue only after firing), and the famous tile tableau of Rembrandt's Night Watch (480 tiles, 9 m²). Shop sells everything from €15 tiles to €15,000 vases.
Rotterdamseweg 196, Delft
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