Antique Dutch Orange, Blue & White Royal Delft Great War Plate - 1919. Wilhelmina Regina

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 orange coloured Apples of Orange (= Royal Family.) 

Designed by Leon Senf.

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND   -  ANNO 1919

Painter: JV  = Johannes T. M. Visser

Employment dates: 1882-1943

Literature :

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

Diam.:   17,7 cm.  (7 inches.) 

Weight : 287 grams.