Blue & White Royal Delft Ice Skating Plate. Kees Verkerk Worldchampion 1967

The center of the tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the speed skater Kees Verkerk, surrounded with the text:
STIEN KAISER. *. KEES VERKERK * WERELDKAMPIOENEN 1967 (World Champions)
Stien / Christina KAISER. 20 May 1938 – 23 June 2022 World Allround Champion twice in 1967 and 1968
Kees / Cornelis Arie VERKERK 28 October 1942. Long track skater. Also twice world champion.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT  -  HOLLAND & CL = 1967
Painter’s initials: PvD = P. van Dort.
Employment dates: 1952 - 1969.

Diameter: 18 cm. (7,1 inches.)      
Weight: 251  grams.