(4) Vintage Dutch Royal Schwabap Hand-Decorated Porcelain Collector Plates. Showcasing traditional Dutch scenes of village life and trades such as shoemaking, fishing with nets, tulip harvesting, and rural architecture, all marked on the backs with most dated 1984. One plate is smaller than the rest. Stands not included. 

Size: 10 x 10 1/4 x 1 in. 

Royal Schwabap was a prominent Dutch decorative ceramics brand produced under the umbrella of Ter Steege B.V., a family-owned company established in 1933 in the Netherlands. Ter Steege originally began as a local ceramics wholesaler before expanding into a major international supplier of pottery, tableware, and home decor. Operating under the Royal Schwabap line primarily during the 1970s and 1980s, the company produced a wide variety of hand-decorated porcelain collectible plates, mugs, tiles, and souvenir items. The line was celebrated for its traditional Dutch motifs, frequently portraying rustic village scenes, windmills, old-world trades, and illustrations by Dutch artists such as J.C. van Hunnik. Combining classic Delftware visual influences with accessible production methods, Royal Schwabap pieces were widely distributed to both domestic homes and global tourist markets. After the company closed in the early 2000s, Royal Schwabap ceramics became popular collector items, representing a distinctive era in Ter Steege’s ongoing legacy in Dutch lifestyle and ceramic design.

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