The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the Wijnhuis Tower in Zutphen. Under a banderol with:
WIJNHUISTOREN te ZUTPHEN
On the rim between three stylized flowers:
VERNIELD DOOR FELLEN BRAND *
HERBOUWD IN OUDEN TRANT * 27 JAN: 1920 - 5 FEBR: 1924
(Destroyed by Fierce Fire – Rebuilt in Old Style.)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
De PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND ANNO 1923
Painter’s initials: VB = Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik van Baarsel.
Employment dates: June 30th 1893 - 1948.
Diam.: 18,1 cm. (7,1 inches.)
Weight: 269 grams