Antique Dutch Polychrome Royal Delft Commemorative Plate 25 Years Queen Wilhelmina 1898 - 1923

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the “Tree of Orange”  with orange coloured oranges within the fence with: 1898 - 1923 and on the rim with stylized floral swags: WILHELMINA  within an orange roundel, commemorating Queen Wilhelmina  25 years Queen of the Netherlands.

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:

DE PORCELEYNE FLES  - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND  & AS  = 1923  

Painter’s initials: VA  =  Thomas van Arum

Employment dates: 1890 - 1945          

Diam.:  17,7 cm. (7 inches.) 

Weight: 281 grams.