Capriolus

About Capriolus

Capriolus Collectable Ceramics is an online gallery for ceramic art. This one-man business started in 2000 by Ger J.M. de Ree (1945). De Ree began his working life in the ready-made clothing trade. He worked for 33 years as buyer of children's clothes for a large international retail company. In this capacity Mr. de Ree travelled extensively throughout Europe and also further afield. Thus he and his wife resided in New York / Manhattan for a year, and another year he and his family lived in Madrid. During all these years his interest in ceramics has, in the broadest sense, continued to grow. After he bid farewell to the ready-to-wear trade he established Capriolus. Capriolus is the Latin name for De Ree. It is De Ree's passion to share his interest and enthusiasm for the ceramic object - shaped from pliable clay and fired for permanence - with other interested parties.

This is why Capriolus devotes a great deal of attention on its site to background information regarding the artists and the ceramics' factories. Particularly where the 20th century ceramic activities are concerned, we are still able - by way of eyewitness accounts - to catalogue experiences, photographs and facts in our database. Through this attention to detail, Capriolus Collectable Ceramics can be of service to many collectors and other interested parties. Should you be in possession of information and photographs of artists or factories/workshops, would you be kind enough to inform us of this?

In our online gallery we offer varied specialisms, from early tin-glazed earthenware up to work by the post-war unica ceramists. On our website we give an as accurate as possible description of these objects. Unfortunately we are not able to present all of our items on the website for your perusal. However, it is possible - by appointment, and under no obligation - to view and handle objects in our home-gallery in Amersfoort.

We buy, mediate  between collectors and endeavour to have our objects find their way to enthusiastic collectors and museums. During the past years The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam, The Historical Museum Rotterdam, The Limburg Museum Venlo, The Netherlands Tile Museum Otterlo, The National Ceramics' Museum Princessehof Leeuwarden purchased objects from / through us, as did many important private collectors in The Netherlands and abroad.

Ger J.M. de Ree