The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a trade vessel leaving the harbour. With the text DEN VADERLANT GHETROUWE” (The Fatherland Faithfull)
Couplet / Verse 1 Wilhelmus van Nassouwe. Dutch National Hymn. Under in the center 1918. The rim with the blue-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 1918
Painter: :JV = Johannes D. van Velzen
Employment dates: 1 Nov. 1886 – 1938
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 137 - Fig. 11 - 45
Only 700 plates were produced.
Diam.: 17,8 cm. (7 inches.)
Weight: 298 grams
National Hymn
Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
ben ik, van Duitsen bloed,
den vaderland getrouwe
blijf ik tot in den dood.
Een Prinse van Oranje
ben ik, vrij, onverveerd,
den Koning van Hispanje
heb ik altijd geëerd.