The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in red, blue, black, and gold, in the “Adriaan van Pijnacker” Delft Doré tradition, with a crowned coat of arms with two fishes for De Wieringermeer. The rim with rotating panels with stylized flowers and geo-metric figures. Signed on the back in underglaze blue and red for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & CE = 1960. &
Ter nagedachtenis aan ir. A. Ovinge
dijkgraaf van het heeemraadschap de Wieringermeer
van 1 januari 1942 – 15 juli 1960.
Painter’s initials: GOU = G.J. Oudijk
Employment dates: 1941- 1983
Diam.: 29,3 cm. (11,5 inches.)
Weight: 736 grams
Wieringermeer is a former municipality and a polder in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Since 2012 Wieringermeer has been a part of the new municipality of Hollands Kroon