Antique Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Commemorative Plate – Dordrecht 1572 - 1922.

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with De Grote or Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in Dordrecht with the red-white-blue coloured Dutch flag on the top of the tower and
 DORDRECHT and on the rim between stylized floral swags:
EERSTE VERGADERING STATEN GENERAAL 1572 19-23 JULI*1922
(Commemorating the first meeting of the Dutch States General of the parliament. For the Prince Willem of Orange. 350 years celebration of independence from Spain.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
De PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND  &   AR  =  1922
Painter: VP = Petrus Franciscus Vreeswijk
Employment dates: 19 Oct. 1885 - 1934.

Diam.: 18,2 cm.  (7,2 inches.)      
Weight: 252 grams.