Dutch Blue & White Royal Delft Commemorative Plate 1935. World Journey Submarine Hr. Ms. K XVIII.

The tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the world voyage of Royal Dutch Navy submarine K XVIII, 1934-1935, decorated in shades of blue with in the centre  the submarine Her Majesty K 18   on open sea above the text: 

WERELDREIS Hr. Ms. K XVIII   14 Nov.1934 – 11 Juli 1935  (World journey.)

The rim with some floral swags and  the text:

HET OUDE ZEEMANSBLOED STROOMT DOOR HOLLANDS AAD’REN - EN JEUGD’GE ZEEMANSMOED  -  VOEGT NIEUWEN LUISTER BIJ DEN ROEM DER VAAD’REN (The old seamansblood streams throufh the Dutch veins and young seamans bravery  ads new grandeur at the glory of the fathers.)

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’s initials:  JV  = Johannes Dominicus van Velzen
Employment dates: 1 Nov. 1886 – 1938
Painter’s initials:  AG  = Andreas Petrus Guerain
Employment dates: 1887 - 1938
 Literature:

DELFTWARE - History of a national product De Porceleyne Fles Page 162 - 163