Vintage Delfts Rood Minnie Table Lamp from Regina

Meet Minnie! Named after Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, she is a one-of-a-kind lamp lovingly handcrafted from a gorgeous, vintage, hand-painted, rare Regina red Delft (Delfts Rood) vase, and she is paired with a custom contemporary lampshade in a luxurious Old Rose velvet with a gold inner lining, made in an atelier near Amsterdam, along with a new gold cord.

The exquisite vase, which forms the base of the lamp, was handmade and hand-painted by one of Regina’s master painters in a lush floral motif in tones of red and pink with gold highlights.

Regina (Kunstaardewerkfabriek Regina), an art pottery factory in Gouda, the Netherlands, was founded in 1898 by Gerrit Frederik van der Want, a member of the Gouda pottery family Van der Want, and Georges Antoine Alexis Barras, a Belgian art collector. The factory's name, Regina, was chosen in honor of Queen Wilhelmina's coronation that same year. Initially, Regina produced earthenware tobacco pipes, as did most Gouda faience factories at the time. However, in 1917, the company acquired (plateel) molds from the bankrupt pottery factory Rozenburg in The Hague, allowing Regina to produce high-quality art pottery. Almost all of Regina's products were marked with a crown and the initials "WB," representing the names of the two founders, Van der Want and Barras. Regina was renowned for its high-quality ceramics and was active well into the 20th century.