The tin glazed earthenware plate decorated in shades of blue in the centre with ice skaters and a “Koek en Zopie” for buying hot chocolate and speculaas on the ice in a Dutch winter landscape. The rim with stylized motifs.
Signed on the bottom in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & DC = 1983
DESIGN - J.TH. DESSENS & 190 / 1000
Painter’s initials: JH = J.H. ten Hacken
Employment dates: 1940-1984
Diameter: 18 cm. (7,1 inches.)
Weight: 336 grams