Antique Dutch Red, Blue & White Royal Delft Commemorative Plate Liberation Den Briel. 1572 -1922.

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the gateway of Zierikzee with the red-white-blue coloured Dutch flag on the top.
ZIERIKZEE VOOR DE PRINS  (for the Prince Willem of Orange.)
1572  * August 8  * 1922
350 years celebration of independence from Spain.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
De PORCELEYNE FLES  -  ROYAL  DELFT
DELFT – HOLLAND  ANNO  1922
Painter’s initials:  VA =  Thomas van Arum. Painter & Designer.
Employment dates: 31 March 1890 - 1945.   

Diam.: 18 cm.  (7,1 inches.)       
Weight: 292 grams.