The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the standing Dutch Lion in the fence and the text: BLIJFT WAAKZAAM (Remain alert.) & under the date 1916. The rim with the patriotic Apples of Orange. (=Dutch Royal Family.)
Designed by Leon Senf
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for :
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND - ANNO 1916
Painter’s initials CK = Georg Coenrad Kunz
Employment dates: 7 Sept. 1891 - 1945.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 136 - Fig. 11 -41. Some 1670 plates were produced.
Diam.: 18,3 cm. (7.2 inches.)
Weight: 293 grams.