Kandelaar van porselein beschilderd met vogels en bloemen 1903

This porcelain candlestick was made by the N.V. Haagsche Plateelfabriek Rozenburg, and it's a testament to how even functional objects can become canvases for art. The way the birds and flowers are painted, it’s like they're alive, growing right on the porcelain. There's a dance between the smooth, cool surface of the porcelain and the delicate brushstrokes that bring the birds and flowers to life. The colors are soft, almost pastel-like, which gives the piece a dreamlike quality. And look at how the light catches those details. It's like the artist was playing with light itself, using it to sculpt the form and define the details. It reminds me a bit of the work of Clarice Cliff, with its playful use of form and decoration. But in the end, it stands alone as a beautiful object, a testament to the power of art to transform the everyday. It invites us to see beauty in the unexpected, to find poetry in the mundane.