Blue & White Royal Delft Plate Melbourne Race KLM De Uiver Douglas DC 2 - 1934

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with in the center  the flying airplane PH - AJU, a DOUGLAS DC 2, DE UIVER, over the map from England untill Australia in the MacRobertson  Londen - Melbourne air race from october 20th -24th. 1934.19.877 km in 90 hours & 17 minutes and the text:

Het “Safety First” der KLM  -  De UIVER Nooit vergat. Op hem nu gaat, Trots de Komeet elk Nederlander prat.( The Comet = the first arrival.) The rim with some floral swags and the text:

LONDON  - MELBOURNE  RACE   OCTOBER  1934.

Designed by Piet Senf

Signed on the back in underglaze blue for: 

DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT

DELFT - HOLLAND &  BE = 1935

Two painters worked on this plate:
Painter: VH  =  Gijsbertus van Heijenoort
Employment dates:  1891 - 1940.
Painter: AG  = Andreas Petrus Guerrain
Employment dates:  June 6th, 1887 - 1938      
Literature:
DELFTWARE - History of a national product De Porceleyne Fles Page 162 – 163

Diam.:  18,4 cm.  (7,3 inches.)
Weight: 233 grams.