Zeldzame De Porceleyne Fles Fruitschaal - 1942. VERKOCHT

The round hexagonal shaped tin glazed earthenware fruit bowl decorated in shades of blue with in the center a flowering plant with a perched bird standing on three feet with scrolled painted decoration. The wall with stylized flowers and the horizontal rim with leaves and flowering plants on the inside and stylized flowers on the outside.
Produced during the Second World War.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BL  =  1942
Painter: JD = Johannes Th. Dessens 
Employment dates: 1939 - 1983
Literature:
This item is not shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft or in De Porceleyne Fles

Height: 6,6 cm.  (2,6 inches.)    
Diam:  22,5 cm. (8,9 inches.)               
Weight: 636 grams