The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue with a flooded Dutch landscape with shining sun behind a fence with barb wire. Surrounded with the text:
NEDERLAND ZAL HERRIJZEN. 5 MEI 1945. (The Netherlands will revive. End of World War II.) in a rim with orange-coloured stylized flowers as symbol for the Royal Family (House of Orange.)
Plate designed by Marijnissen. (1920-1958.Painter & Designer)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BO = 1945.
Painter’s initials: JH = J.H. ten Hacken
Employment dates: 1940 - 1984
Literature:
This item is shown in Rick Erickson - Royal Delft Page 140 - Fig.11-56
Diam.: 22,6 cm. (8,9 inches.)
Weight: 374 grams.