Antique Dutch Hand Painted Blue & White Royal Delft Royal Birth Plate - 1909

The tin glazed earthenware plate, the first commemorative plate made by Royal Delft, commemorating the birth of the Crown Princess Juliana, The later Queen (1948-1980.) The center decorated in shades of blue with the flowering Tree of Orange and the Dutch Lion holding a flag with “ORANJE UP” (Orange Above.) within the fence above JULIANA.  (N.B.  Orange = The Royal Family.) The border with floral swags and the text:
Geboren - 30 April – 1909.  (= Born)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &  1909
Painter’s initials: VR =  Augustinus Eugene Virgile Roggeveen
Employment dates: 1892 - 1945.
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 126 - Fig.11-03 This was the first commemorative plate in general production.

Diam.:  25,5 cm.  (10 inches.)
Weight: 531 Grams.