The rare tin glazed earthenware plate made for the 9th Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928. The center decorated in shades of blue with the crowned tower of the Wester Church & 1928 with the banners of the Olympic games and the Netherlands. The rim with rotating stylized flowering leaves and the slogan:
ALTIUS CITIUS FORTUS IX e OLYMPIADE. (Height, Speed, Power)
The plate is designed by Leon Senf.
Only 500 plates were produced.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & AX = 1928
Two painters worked on this plate.
Painter:VP = Petrus Franciscus Vreeswijk
Employment dates:1885 – 1934
Painter AG = Andreas Petrus Guerrain
Employment dates: June 6th 1887 - 1938
Literature:
Rick Erickson - Royal Delft. This item is shown on Page 133 Fig. 11 - 26.
Diam.: 25 cm. (9,9 inches.)
Weight: 585 grams.