De Porceleyne Fles Delfts Blauw Spreukenbordje naar Bilderdijk - 1941

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with in the center a flower and surrounded with in the rim stylized leaves and the text:
*Zoo iemand deugd of wysheid heeft*
*Het is Gods goedheid, die ze geeft*(
If anyone has virtue or wisdom. It is God's goodness that gives them) By Willem Bilderdijk 1756 – 1831. (historicus / taalkundige, Dichtwerken deel 7 van 1857)
Produced during the Second World War.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  BK  = 1941
Painter’s initials: HT  =  H.J. Tieman
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Employment dates 1938 – 1982,  Painter & Designer

Diam.:  18,3 cm.  (7,2 inches.)
Weight: 255 grams.