The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a Dutch brown sailing vessel in windy water on sea. Houdt moedig zee. (Keep brave sea.) The rim with the orange 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 1915
Painter’s initials: AB = Jurrien A. Burghoorn
Employment dates October 17th 1892 - 1949
Literatuur.
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 136 - Fig. 11 - 40.
Some 3000 plates were produced.
Diam.: 18,3 cm. (7,2 inches.)
Gewicht 267 gram.