Antique Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Great War Plate - 1919. Queen Wilhelmina.

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the Dutch Crown and W R =  Wilhelmina Regina &1914 - 1919 -  Door wijsheid, kracht & rede - Bewaarde zij den vrede.  (Through wisdom, strength and reason , she kept the  peace.) The rim with the Apples of Orange (= Royal Family) 

Designed by Leon Senf.

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND & AO = 1919

Painter: JV = Johannes T. M. Visser

Employment dates: May 1882 - 1943

Literature:

This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft  Page 137  - Fig. 11 - 47 6400 plates were produced.     

Diam.:  18 cm. (7,1 inches.) 

Weight: 294 grams.