The tin glazed earthenware plate commemorating the Flood and Inundation of the South-West of the Netherlands in the States Zeeland & Zuid-Holland on February 1th 1953.
With the text:
Ter herinnering Watersnood 1953 (In memory Inundation 1953)
Signed on the back in underglaze blue for:
DE PORCELEYNE FLES - ROYAL DELFT
DELFT - HOLLAND & BX = 1953
Painter’s initials: JM = J.C.W. Marijnissen
Employment dates: 1920-1958. Painter & Designer
Painter’s initials: CD = C. Dam
Employment dates: 1950 - 1968
Literature:
This plate is not mentioned in Royal Delft a guide to the Porceleyne Fles by Rick Erickson
Diam.: 25,2 cm. (9,9 inches.)
Weight: 511 grams.