Dutch Blue & White Delft Commemorative Plate Engagement Princess Beatrix & Claus 1965.

The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with the crowned Orange Tree with the initials B & C for Princes Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg above the date of their engagement, 28 JUNI 1965  as announced by Queen Juliana . The rim with rotating panels with stylized flowers, branches with the Apples of Orange and in the top two crossed hearts.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES   -  ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND  &   CJ = 1965.
Painter’s initials: DVR = D. Vrijland 
Employment dates: 1951 - 1994

Diam.:  23 cm.  (9,1 inches.)      
Weight: 419 Grams.