Antique Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Commemorative Plate - 100 Years Kingdom of the Netherlands - 1913.

The tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the 100th anniversary of the independence of the Netherlands after Napoleon Bonaparte. Decorated in shades of blue with the Tree of Freedom with the Crowned coat of arms of the Netherlands with the Dutch Lion with the sword in his right hand and in his left hand a bundle of arrows for the 11 States of the Netherlands and a banderol with 1813 - 1913.
De Ketenen Verbroken
De Vrijheid voor Altijd.
Van ’t drukkend juk bevrijd
(The chains are broken -Freedom for ever - Liberated from the burdensome yolk)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  & 1913.
Painter: VP = Petrus Franciscus Vreeswijk
Employment dates:  19 Oct. 1885 – 1934
The plate was designed by Leon Senf.
NB. Minor chip under on back rim
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 131 - Fig.11-18

Diam.:  25,3 cm.  (10 inches.)

Weight:  572 grams