Het Princess Hof (Ceramics) Museum, Leeuwarden, NL Photos

Het Princess Hof Museum, in Leeuwarden, is an internationally known ceramics museum housed in the former residence of Princess Marie-Louise, widow of the Prince of Orange, and her richly decorated dining room (Nassau room) has been preserved for viewing. The large internationally known ceramics collection includes Asian, European and contemporary ceramic objects and tiles. The arrangement of the exhibits and captioning in the galleries provide an interesting story about the development of porcelain making and the international trade which has taken place over the centuries. This page concentrates on the Museum and Dutch ceramics. Other parts of the collection are linked below.

Click thumbnail to enlarge. F11 to view website full screen.
Entrance to Het Princesse Hof Museum, formerly a royal palace, now with an interior designed to be a modern museum, which contains internationally important collections of European, Asian & contemporary ceramics & tiles. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Front facade of Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Tower appended to Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Front view of Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Entrance to Het Princesse Hof Museum, formerly a royal palace, now with an interior designed to be a modern museum, which contains internationally important collections of European, Asian & contemporary ceramics & tiles. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Front facade of Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Tower appended to Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Front view of Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Classic ornamentation on brick front facade of Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Carriage House for Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ceramic bird pattern tessellation by Maurits Cornelis Escher who as a child lived in one of buildings which is now part of Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Over rozen gaan by Jelle Mastenbroek , created from an antique display case filled with artistic device with a track to allow a coin to roll downhill to strike porcelain dishes arranged to play a tune. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Classic ornamentation on brick front facade of Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Carriage House for Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ceramic bird pattern tessellation by Maurits Cornelis Escher who as a child lived in one of buildings which is now part of Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Over rozen gaan (2020) by Jelle Mastenbroek , created from an antique display case filled with artistic device with a track to allow a coin to roll downhill to strike porcelain dishes arranged to play a tune. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Interior of Over rozen gaen, device created by Jelle Mastenbroek, showing track which allows coin to roll down striking edge of each porcelain dish to create a tune at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Details of pattern on porcelain dishes within Over rozen gaen by Jelle Mastenbroek, a musical device through which the artist expresses a statement about growing economic inequality at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.John William Friso of Nassau-Dietz, Prince of Orange painting by Louis Volders at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, wife of Prince of Orange painting at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Interior of Over rozen gaen, device created by Jelle Mastenbroek, showing track which allows coin to roll down striking edge of each porcelain dish to create a tune at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Details of pattern on porcelain dishes within Over rozen gaen by Jelle Mastenbroek, a musical device through which the artist expresses a statement about growing economic inequality at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.John William Friso of Nassau-Dietz, Prince of Orange painting (1709-11) by Louis Volders at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, wife of Prince of Orange painting (1709-11) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Arttistic rendering of the family tree of the current Netherlands royal family from the 16th through 20thC at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Glass beaker of Admiralty of Friesland with coat-of arms of the Seven Provinces at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Covered fine glass goblets with engraving of members of the Royal Family at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Nassau Room, the dining room of Princess Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, decorated in Baroque style fashionable in mid- 18thC at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Arttistic rendering of the family tree of the current Netherlands royal family from the 16th through 20thC at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Glass beaker of Admiralty of Friesland (2nd half 18thC) with coat-of arms of the Seven Provinces at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Covered fine glass goblets with engraving of members of the Royal Family at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Nassau Room, the dining room of Princess Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, decorated in Baroque style fashionable in mid- 18thC at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
European porcelain objects in front of fireplace in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Collection of cobalt blue vases on mirror frame in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Collection of cobalt blue vases on mirror frame in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Set of porcelain vases with oriental themes in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
European porcelain objects in front of fireplace in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Collection of cobalt blue vases on mirror frame in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Collection of cobalt blue vases on mirror frame in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Set of porcelain vases with oriental themes in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Graceful golden leather wall covering in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Dining table set with blue pattern European china in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Pieces from blue pattern European dining set on dining table in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Blue pattern porcelain dinner plate in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Graceful golden leather wall covering in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Dining table set with blue pattern European china in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Pieces from blue pattern European dining set on dining table in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Blue pattern porcelain dinner plate in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Covered gravy boat in shape of seahorse, part of dining table setting in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Common Baroque era portrait of huntress Diana holding a bow & arrow over fireplace in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Tall clock in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chandelier in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Covered gravy boat in shape of seahorse, part of dining table setting in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Common Baroque era portrait of huntress Diana holding a bow & arrow over fireplace in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Tall clock in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chandelier in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Ceiling moulding in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ceiling moulding in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Gallery presenting overview of history of ceramics across the world: Earthenware; stoneware & porcelain at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of earthenware at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Ceiling moulding in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ceiling moulding in Nassau Room at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Gallery presenting overview of history of ceramics across the world: Earthenware; stoneware & porcelain at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of earthenware at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Examples of creamware at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of stonenware at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of porcelain objects at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of the many shapes which can be formed from clay in the ceramics industry at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Examples of creamware at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of stonenware at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of porcelain objects at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of the many shapes which can be formed from clay in the ceramics industry at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Examples of the many techniques for decorating objects made from clay at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of how the underside of a ceramic object can provide much information about its history at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of how the underside of a ceramic object can provide much information about its history at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Kiln sand remaining on fired ceramic plate due to error in firing technique at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Examples of the many techniques for decorating objects made from clay at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of how the underside of a ceramic object can provide much information about its history at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Examples of how the underside of a ceramic object can provide much information about its history at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Kiln sand remaining on fired ceramic plate due to error in firing technique at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
See Also:
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
All rights reserved. Permission required to use.

CMP