Antique Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Commemorative Plate KLM Fokker F 7 H - NACC - 1924


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The tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating Van der  Hoop’s flight from Holland to the Dutch Indies. Decorated in shades of blue with in the centre the airplane Fokker F7  H - NACC  flying over clouds  and the text:

" Och zeil ! Och Stoom ! Kiest Vrij Uw Sop, Ik zoek het Hoopvol Hooger op.1924."  (Oh sail, Oh  steam, Choose free your “sop”. I will search it higher up). The rim with stylized flowers and the dates 1597 & 1871.

1597  November 1th  =  Return of the crew of the late Willem Barentz. from Nova Zembla where they stayed over winter after searching a shiproute to the Far East on the north of Russia.

1871  =  Nova Zembla. Het Behouden Huis of the crew of W. Barentz in 1596 was  found.(& the start of a regular connection with steam ships to Batavia = Djakarta)

1924  Oktober 1th = First intercontinetale flight From Amsterdam to Batavia in the Dutch Indies. (Djakarta) with a Fokker F7. The crew flew only at day time and over land and it was a single journey. They arrived the 24th of November in 1924, so a journey of 55 days. The airplane and crew returned by boat from Batavia to Amsterdam. 

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL  DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND & AU = 1925

Two painters worked on this plate:

Painter’s initials: VB   = Willem van Baarsel.
Employment dates: June 30th 1893- 1944/45

and PF =  Pieter Cornelis Marinus de Fouw.

Employment dates: 15 March 1883 - 1931 

Literature:

A larger plate  is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft  Page 133 - Fig.11-25 ( but  22,5 cm ) Only 2000 plates were produced. Not shown  in NL DELFTWARE - History of a national product De Porceleyne Fles. Page 162 – 163 with the KLM plates.

 
Diam.:  18,1 cm.  (7,1 inches.)
Weight: 243 grams.

Material
Hand Painted Earthenware
Reference
M.3367
Price
Price on request
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