The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a landscape and a windmill with dark sky. Dated under in the plate October 1918. (Almost end of the Great War = 11:11 Nov. 11)
De dageraad begint te blinken - OCT. 1918 (The daylight begins to dawn / appear.) The rim with the blue-coloured patriotic Apples of Orange. (Symbol for the Royal Family – Van Oranje.)
Designed by Leon Senf.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND - ANNO 1918
Painter’s initials: JL = Jan Willem Lispet.
Employment dates: Aug. 9th, 1887 - 1938
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 137 - Fig. 11 - 44
Some 4250 plates were produced.
Diam.: 18,1 cm. (7,1 inches.)
Weight: 270 grams.